Organizational Behavior in the Workplace

Organizational Behavior in Workplace

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Organizational Behavior in Workplace

An organization needs variety of skills to determine its success or failure of an organization. Communication of workplace is very important skill as it relates the employees and the employer (McClelland, 2003). It also portrays the actions and relationships within the organization. Good understanding of how different people in an organization interact is very effective as it creates positive change.in order for a company to function well; you need to have variety of skills and techniques at your hand. In addition, it is important to be aware of abilities of different people so that each may be allocated to his or her best position to create positive change in organization. This paper aims to discuss some of these skills needed for improvement of job performance which may include.

How job skills lead to improved job performance

Critical thinking is the ability to look different ideas in different perspective. This is an important skill in an organization whereby it helps and individual to identify reasonable and general principles which are important for the success of an organization. It also enables an individual to use appropriate strategies in making decisions and plans for an organization. With critical thinking skills as am manager, you are able to make sound decisions which are for fulfilling long term and short term goals (Hackman et al. 2005). Communication also determines the relationship within the organization and makes the employees free to give out their ideas to create change in an organization.

Management skills call for individual personality and communication to create a room for good performance in an organization. Management also includes personal responsibility and ability to meet the set goals of an organization. The manager should show the direction in the organization whereby the employee are able to recognise their obligations, responsibilities and behaviours training should be included for both the employees and the manager to improve skills and knowledge in order to create a change in an organization as workplace skills can also be improved through training. Knowledge and skills are important in workplace as they help one to set priorities and be able to evaluate which should be accomplished in short period of time ( Tracey et al. 2009).

In conclusion, unethical issues have personal consequences and organizational consequences. An individual may get fired whereas and organization may remain stagnant or may lead to closure. Harassment in workplace may lead financial crisis and lack of commitment of employees to their work which will in turn affect the organization. Teamwork is also an important aspect in an organization as each member works towards uplifting each other for the betterment of an organization (McClelland, 2003).

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Hackman, J. R., Oldham, G., Janson, R., & Purdy, K. (2005). A new strategy for job enrichment. California Management Review, 17(4), 57-71.

McClelland, D. C. (2003). Testing for competence rather than for” intelligence.”. American psychologist, 28(1), 1.

Tracey, J. B., Tannenbaum, S. I., & Kavanagh, M. J. (2009). Applying trained skills on the job: The importance of the work environment. Journal of applied psychology, 80(2), 239.