Literature Review on Organizational Behavior and Management Theories

This literature review explores the core concepts of organizational behavior and its critical role in effective management. It delves into various theories and models, emphasizing how understanding employee behavior, communication, and motivation can significantly impact organizational performance. The review highlights the importance of systematic management strategies to enhance efficiency and achieve desired goals. It examines the impact of organizational behavior on resolving workplace issues, improving employee satisfaction, and building a positive business culture. The analysis draws upon key research and perspectives from authors such as Ivanko, Bauer & Erdogan, Mullins, and Robbins & Judge, to provide a comprehensive understanding of the subject. The review emphasizes the connection between organizational behavior and crucial aspects like leadership, communication, and employee engagement, offering insights into fostering a productive and harmonious work environment.

Running Head: Literature Review
Organizational Behavior and Management
Literature Review

Literature Review 1
Interaction of certain group of people is known as organizational behaviour. Generally,
organization adopts various effective strategies in order to enhance their efficiency for
achievement of desired goals and objectives. This helps the organization to manage the workers
and employees in a systematic manner. There are numerous organizational behaviour theories
are available through which purpose of human resource management can be evaluated as well as
it is also helpful in enhancing the efficiency of organizational workers.
According to Ivanko, S. (2013), to perform the activities in the workplace irrelevance to their
nature and size, implementation of organizational behaviour and management is must. It helps
the organization to manage the activities in a systematic manner. The implementation of
organizational behaviour theories and its concepts are considered as the scientific approach as
these are relevant from the perception of enhancement of the organizational efficiency (Usman,
et. al., 2015). While considering the different requirement of the organization, it was analysed
that management, leadership and managerial process requires three basic concepts i.e. socio-
economic, human and technological whereas organizational behaviour requires only human
aspect. The basic motive behind the implementation of the organizational behaviour in the
workplace is to enhance the organizational performance through developing efficient relationship
between employer and employee. The more organization will focus on improving the behaviour
of its employees, the more it will impact over the performance of the organization. Major issues
are raised within the workplace due to communication gaps as well as due to non-fulfilment of
the behaviour required as per the standards set up by the management of the organization
(Ivanko, 2013).
As per Bauer, T. & Erdogan, B. (2012), numerous models and theories are available in the
context of organizational behaviour and management. Under this approach, various issues within

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the workplace could be ascertained and resolved through providing an efficient resolution.
Concept of organizational behaviour helps the organization to improve the efficiency of its
employees; job satisfaction could also be enhanced from the perception of employees, etc. And
to implement these tactics in appropriate manner, adaptation of adequate strategies to implement
these resolutions as well as to enhance the efficiency of the organizational members with the
objective of achievement of desired goals and objectives. With the understanding of Bauer, T. &
Erdogan, B. (2012), it helps to resolve the employees and employer level issues as well as it also
helps them develop an adequate environment and business culture which could make the
employees feel comfortable in the workplace. This provide competitive advantage to the
organization as well as building positive business culture will affect the organization to reduce
the retention from organization as well as labour turnover ratio will also get declined (Bauer &
Erdogan, 2012).
According to Mullins, L. J. (2010), all the actions and efforts of employees helps the
organization to direct towards the achievement of goals and objectives. The study of
organizational behaviour and management helps the organization to analyse the issues and gaps
present in the workplace which are affecting the performance of the organization. Apart from
this, the major role of conducting this study is to evaluate all possible ways through which
organization could resolve those gaps and issues. With the implementation of this technique,
personal as well as combined issues of the employees in the workplace could be resolved and
this builds the trust level in the employees for organization. Conducting of interactive activities
also comes in the organizational behaviour concept and it is used to develop the comfortable
level amongst the employees as well as it also helps the employees to share their opinions in

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relevance with the performance of the task. Organization will be able to build confidence in the
employees’ towards themselves and it will motivate them to perform effectively (Mullins, 2013).
As per Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A. (2013), the organisational behaviour theory helps the
organization to analyse the issues linked to various objectives such as emotions of employees,
personality, motivation, and communication gap issues. Being in an organization, colleagues
develop different perceptions for their team mates, for their team leader as well as for their
manager too and then they start linking their positive as well as negative decision with the
perceptions built earlier. This is the major source through which issues arises such as
communication gaps between the team mates. This also leads to disturbance in the organizational
performance as well as it also creates gaps in the various teams of the organization. And to
resolve this issue, concept of organizational behaviour as well as its theories comes into play to
resolve these issues (Robbins & Judge, 2013).

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References
Bauer, T. & Erdogan, B. (2012). An Introduction to Organizational Behaviour. Organizational
Behaviour. Vol. 1 (1).
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Ivanko, S., (2013). Organizational Behaviour. Faculty of Public Administration. PP. 1-280.
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Mullins, L., (2013). Management & Organisational Behaviour. Management & Organisational
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Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A. (2013). Organizational Behaviour. Pearson. Vol. 15.
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Usman, M., Shahzad, K., Roberts, K.W. and Zafar, M.A., 2015. The Effect of Job Insecurity on
Attitude towards Change and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Moderating Role of
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