What are the characteristics of organizational behavior?

It is a way of thinking about individuals,

groups and organizations.

It is multidisciplinary it uses principles,

models, theories and methods

from other disciplines.

There is a distinctly humanistic

orientation people and their

attitudes, perceptions, learning

capacities, feelings and goals are of

major importance.

It is performance-orientated , it

deals with the factors affecting performance

and how it can be

improved.

The use of scientific method is

important in studying variables and

relationships.

It is applications-orientated in the

sense of being concerned with providing

useful answers to questions

which arise when managing organizations