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Organizational Behaviors
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORS1
Table of Contents
1. Week 5 Activity Perception and Individual Decision Making.........................................2
2. Week 6 – Motivation......................................................................................................2
3. Week 7 Activity (Group Behaviour and Team at Work)................................................3
4. Week 9 (Power & Politics).............................................................................................3
5. Week 11 (Organisational Change)................................................................................4
References.........................................................................................................................6

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORS2
1. Week 5 Activity Perception and Individual Decision Making
Perception is a process, which helps to judge a situation based on the
understanding one has about the subject. The understanding may be a reflection of the
knowledge, which he or she has about the concerned subject. Perception does also
influence individual decision-making. People rarely go against their perception while
deciding unless they have reasons to differ from it (Toplak and Weller 2016). The
relationship between Perception and Decision-Making can be understood by studying
the differing views of two people watching a movie. Recently, I watched the movie
"Interstellar”. The movie gives scientific reasons to the fact that the future can be made
on one's own. This means it is not pre-created. While I disliked the movie for various
reasons my friend had various other reasons to like it. My perception of things, which
were being communicated with this movie is based on what I have learned from my
ancestors and the holy books. I believe that except a few things like life and death other
things depend mostly on us. One becomes successful during their studies or work when
they work hard. On the other hand, a person fails to deliver the result when he or she
could not work as this was needed. The beliefs that made me perceive the movie in
such a way is way different from that of my friend. My friend has his reasons to like the
movie. He believes there is nothing unscientific. Even he associates scientific reasons
behind a person dying.
My views of a subject were fairly different from that of my friend. As a result, I
concluded or decided that the movie was less real. On the contrary, the movie quite real
for my friend. It is our perception that took us to differing decisions.
2. Week 6 – Motivation
Life at the airports for the security screening staffs is very difficult. They cannot
relax for even a while when they are on-duty. Their job demands a high level of
concentration from them (Chung, Jung and Sohn 2017). The cases of terror attacks
especially at airports across the globe have created the necessity for hard security
along with the premise. It also includes taking strict care of passengers’ belongings, so
that, the premise could be made safer. It sounds ethical and true as well from the
perspective of the passengers; however, security officers have a different perception for
the same. They might also be respecting it as there is no point in denying a fact, which
is for the safety of people and the airport premise. However, their jobs are at high
stakes during their entire shift time. The job security is low. Factors affecting their
motivation could be low job security, high work pressure, no rooms for error, working
conditions, the business demands and work flexibility and others. All these can affect
the level of motivation in security officers (Mohd et al. 2019).
There is a need to keep these employees motivated throughout their shift time. It
is important to keep them engaged with work. Any form of detachment from the work
should be avoided on a higher priority level. There are various ways to keep these staffs
motivated. One of these is distributing monetary rewards such as in the form of the pay
increases and bonuses. Recognizing a performance in the public and front of key
personnel within the organization is another way to boost their motivation to the job.