What do you meant by organizational behavior?

According  to Keith Davis – Organizational is the study and application of knowledge about human behavior in organizations as it relates to other system element, such as structure, technology and the external social system.
According to Fred Luthans - Organizational behavior is directly concerned with the understanding, perdition and control human behavior In organizations.


According to Martin J. Gannon – The field of organizational behavior focuses on the micro aspects of organizations such as motivation, Jo satisfaction and Leadership.

According to – Organizational behavior may be defined as the systematic study of the nature of organizations – how they begin, grow, and develop, and the affect on individual members, constituent groups, other organizations, and larger institutions.

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Nature of organizational behavior

• Oriented toward organizational objectives
• Field of study
• Performance oriented
• Normative and value centered
• Nature of thinking
• Branch of inter discipline
• Humanitive and optimistic
• Total system approach

Element of organizational behavior

• Human resource
• Environment
• Organization structure
• Technology

Objective goals of organizational behavior

• Proper management
• To increase morale
• To increase behavior
• To predict the future outcomes
• To remove conflict
• To control
• To create good labor management relations

Importance of organization behavior

• Organizational development
• Acquiring knowledge
• To create and establish relationship
• To grow and develop in status and impact
• Obtaining co-operation
• Development of life-style
• Control o values
• Attainment of objectives
• Development of social systems
• Facing external environment

Fundamental philosophical concepts of organization behavior

1. The nature of peoples

• Individual differences
• A whole person concept
• Value of person
• Desire for involvement
• Motivated behavior

2. The nature of organization

• Social systems
• Mutual interest
• Rationality
• Goal of organization
• Ethics

Approaches to organizational behavior

• Human resource approaches
• An interdisciplinary approach
• A contingency approaches
• A system approach
• Result oriented approach

Organizational behavior with other subjects relation

• Organizational behaviors & personnel management
• Organizational behavior & social psychology
• Organizational behavior & psychology
• Organizational behavior & sociology
• Organizational behavior & Anthropology
• Organizational behavior & political science

What is meant by planing

Management planning is the managerial function, it involve objectives of action for achieving an organization's objective. Management planning is a selecting mission and objective to inform regarding the future to activities necessary to achieving organizational goals. Planning is the process of using related fact and future assumption activities required to achieve a desired of organizational objectives. The planning process identifies, formulates strategies, arranges and implementation are proper sequence. So, planners must they attempt to forecast future conditions. These forecasts form the basis for planning.

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Definition

According to Henry Fayol, “The plan of action is, at one and the same time, the result envisaged, the line of action to be followed, the stages to go through and the methods to use.”

According to G.R.Terry, “Planning is selecting information and making assumptions regarding the future to formulate activities necessary to achieve organizational objectives.”

According to S.P.Robbins, “Planning involves defining the organization’s objectives or goals, establishing an overall strategy for achieving these goals and developing a comprehensive hierarchy of plans to integrated and co-ordinate activities”

According to Prof. R. W.Griffin, “Planning means setting on organization’s goals and deciding how best to achieve them.”

Nature

Natural of planning is the management function its importance of regarding future activities process. The planning depends on effective of management. The nature of planning is given below:

• Primacy of planning
• Mental- thinking process
• Assumption regarding the future course of action
• Goal- orientation of planning
• Efficiency of planning
• Dependency of facts and information
• Best alternative
• Flexibility of planning
• Analytical process of planning
• Pervasiveness of planning
• Continuity

12 Step by step of management planning

Various steps by step of management planning is the future activities process. The following major of step by step of management planning are given below:

• Evaluating future situations in light of the present
• Assumptions regarding the future
• Determination of specific objective
• Collection and analysis of proper information
• Establishing planning premises
• Determine the alternative courses of  action
• Evaluation of alternative courses of action
• Selecting the best alternative
• Formulating derivation plan
• Determine the time and programmers of commencement
• Evaluate progress of the proposed plan
• Follow- up and taking corrective action

Importance of management planning

The success of a business depends on the efficacy of management planning. For this, Management planning is regarded as bridge of business. The importance of management planning is below:

• Aid to attainment of objectives
• Development of organization
• Optimum utilization of factors of production
• Reducing of cost
• Achieving efficiency
• Establishment
• Assistance to other managerial
• Proper solution of problems
• Restoring order and discipline
• Forecasting
• An aid to control
• Decision making
• Easy co- ordination
• Reducing wastage

Types of planning premises

Planning premises are the expected environment in which planning to operate. The planning process of plans may be different. Generally, the following forms of planning premises are funded:

According to control ability

• Non- controllable planning premises
• Semi- controllable planning premises
• Controllable planning premises

According to geographical location

1. Internal planning premises

• The Sales forecast
• Productivity
• Financial capacity
• Capacity to investment
• Industrial relationship
• Organization policy and procedure
• Organizational structure
• Labor – management relationship

2. External planning premises

       Local external premises

• Political condition
• Economic condition
• Purchasing power of customers
• Competitors condition
• Law and order situation
• Factors of production, supply condition
• Demand of product
• National income and growth
• Technological development
• Government policy

     International premises

• Condition of international trade
• International demand of goods
• Condition of the international competitors
• International trade contracts
• Improved technology

Relationship of other managerial function with planning

Management planning is the process of first and major function. Its logically process of all other managerial functions. Planning and management with the relationship of other managerial function with planning is below:

• Planning and organization
• Planning and staffing
• Planning and direction
• Planning  and motivation
• Planning coordination
• Planning and controlling

Ways to increase the effectiveness of planning

Increase the Effectiveness of the planning process involves following:

• Clear understanding of the purpose and goal
• Developing organization for planning
• Establishment of correct planning premises
• Selecting the appropriate method and  promises
• Participate in preparing plans
• Development of working environment
• Maintaining communication and creating facilities of participation
• Data based planning
• Planning at the top level
• Revising and updating of existing plans
• Overcoming the limitations of planning