Organization Behavior

Running head: ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR
Organization behavior
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Introduction
Business organizations should be effective and efficient in terms of the internal
management due to the reason that it will ensure the desired productivity and performance from
the side of the internal stakeholders. In the given scenario, it is stated that the managers of X-
Stream is facing the issues and lack of consensus among them. This is leading to the emergence
of barriers in the decision making process in X-Stream (Wagner & Hollenback, 2014).
Moreover, it is also identified that the CEO of X-Stream is also facing the challenge in
controlling the internal stakeholders considering the larger workforce and operations. In this
case, X-Stream is having the need for implementation of effective organizational behaviors to
overcome the challenges.
This paper will discuss about the major symptoms and problems being faced by X-
Stream in terms of their internal management. In addition, the possible impacts of these issues
will also be identified in this paper. On the basis of the identified issues, a few ideal and suitable
organizational behaviors will be selected and will be applied on the case. Recommended steps
will also be discussed for further enhancements.
Identification of the symptoms and problems
The major symptom identified for the issues of X-Stream is the lack of communication
across the hierarchy levels. This is due to the reason that in the case study, it is stated that Gil,
the head of X-Stream is not being able to communicate with his managers on daily basis. This is
denoting the fact that the organization is lacking the proper communication process between the
internal stakeholders. This can also be considered as a major symptom of a long term issue
because lack of the communication will cause lack of control in the workplace in the future

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(Bolino et al., 2013). Furthermore, it is also identified that managers are not having positive
impression among their peers. This is also a major symptom for bad management style due to the
reason that if the managers do not have positive image among their peers, then their managerial
skills will not going to work. In addition, this situation is also denoting the fact that managers are
not being appointed on the basis of proper managerial skills. Output orientation is given the
major preferences in X-Stream over the employee orientation. Lack of uniform organizational
approach is also a problem identified for X-Stream due to the fact all the managers are coming
up with different objectives and no one is aligning with any common goals rather the
departmental dominance and performance is getting uplifted (Lazaroiu, 2015). This is not
meeting the common organizational goals and thus the long term viability of X-Stream will be
getting affected.
Application of the organization behavior theories
One of the major theories that can be applied in this case is contingency theory. This is
due to the reason that according to the contingency theory, managerial and leadership styles can
be changed according to the situations and the managers will have more freedom in initiating the
decision making process. This will be applicable for X-Stream because Gil should follow the
participative as well as autocratic leadership approach in order to regain his control over the
stakeholders (Carpenter, Berry & Houston, 2014). Furthermore, it is also identified that flat
organizational structure should be initiated X-Stream as there are no evidence of proper
hierarchy structure being identified in the case. Due to the absence of proper structure, the formal
process is and hierarchy is not getting followed and Gil is facing the challenge of managing each
and every stakeholders. With the help of the proper organizational structure, Gil will have the
proper control over his subordinates and a proper information channel will be followed. Thus, he