This document discusses the influence of organizational behavior and management on the effectiveness of a firm. It explores the impact of globalization, leadership, and ethics in today's globalized environment.
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Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND MANAGEMENT1 Organizational Behavior and Management Name Institutional Affiliation ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND MANAGEMENT
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND MANAGEMENT2 A. Organizational Behavior Organizational behavior is an area of study which probes the influence of groups, individuals and structure on behavior within a firm for the purposes of knowledge applications towards the organization effectiveness improvement. Globalization on the other hand refers to free movement of services, goods and people across the globe in an integrated and seamless manner. Globalization implies to enhance their base of operation, expand workforce with least investment, and give novel services to an overseas array of consumers. Globalization has led to capitalism that is substituting government controls and hence national boundaries no longer constrain organization. MNCs develop worldwide operations and firms develop joint ventures with overseas partners (Alkahtani, 2015). Workersareincreasinglychasingjobopportunitiescrosswaysnationalboundaries. Globalization has made organizations to be more global, and their workforce have become diverse culturally. Globalization has further created a huge shift in organizational behavior as rising diversity bringspeople together from diverse backgrounds, values, beliefs, cultures all working collaboratively for shared objective. Workforce diversity brought about by globalization has led to organizations being more heterogeneous and organization now face a challenge of adapting to diverse individuals. Globalization has replaced melting pot assumption by that which acknowledges and values diversities and positive management of diversity boosts innovation and creativity in organization (Mäkelä et al., 2017). B.Leadership Every leader has a series of opportunities and challenges distinct to the market segment, history, customer changes as well as technology of the Company. Each leader is faced with opportunities and challenges arising from rapid business globalization. Globalization has led to
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND MANAGEMENT3 internalization of companies with international offices. Globalization has impacted leadership via market and customer base, global worker transfer rates, competition and surge opportunities. Globalization has further led to establishment of well-established organizational infrastructures alongside financial systems essential to propel economic engine which drives global economic activity (Punnett, 2015). Nonetheless, globalization has raised issues from certain global leaders regarding the financial sovereignty of economies across the globe. Globalization has further augmented interactions between various culture and the need for recruiting best candidates that assist firms succeed in a globalized environment. Thus, culture has influenced who global leaders recruit and how they govern organizations (Foster, 2016). C. Ethics Globalization hasestablished an array of novel dangers which require new style of leadership-that which above all, remains collaborative. Globalization require people that can creategooddeedstoindividualsofsocietyviadiverseculturetypesalongsidesocietal orientation.Globalization requires leaders that handle all of its facets to create goods to individuals of society via diverse kinds of societal orientation and culture. The neoliberal globalisation leads to cultural and social exclusion (Ewing-Chow, 2019).
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