Title: Presentation Slides to Accompany Organizational Behavior 10th Edition Don Hellriegel and John W. Slocum, Jr.
1Presentation Slidesto AccompanyOrganizational
Behavior 10th EditionDon Hellriegel and John W.
Slocum, Jr.
Chapter 1Learning About Organizational Behavior
- Prepared by
- Michael K. McCuddy
- Valparaiso University
2Objectives for Learning AboutOrganizational
Behavior
- Describe the following competencies
- Managing self
- Managing communication
- Managing diversity
- Managing ethics
- Managing across cultures
- Managing teams
- Managing change
- Explain the framework for learning about
organizational behavior
3The Managing Self Competency
- The overall ability to assess your own strengths
and weaknesses, set and pursue professional and
personal goals, balance work and personal life,
and engage in new learningincluding new or
modified skills, behaviors, and attitudes
4Core Abilities in theManaging Self Competency
- Understanding personality and attitudes
- Perceiving, appraising, and interpreting
accurately - Understanding work-related motivations and
emotions - Assessing and establishing developmental,
life-related, and work-related goals - Taking responsibility for managing yourself and
your career
5Five Aspects of a Career
- Career success or failure is best determined by
the individual - No absolute career evaluation standards exist
- Examine a career subjectively and objectively
- Make decisions about occupation and activities to
attain career goals - Consider cultural factors
6The Managing Communication Competency
- The overall ability to use all the modes of
transmitting, understanding, and receiving ideas,
thoughts, and feelingsverbal, listening,
nonverbal, written, electronic, and the likefor
accurately transferring and exchanging
information and emotions
7Core Abilities in the Managing Communication
Competency
- Conveying information, ideas, and emotions to
others - Providing constructive feedback to others
- Engaging in active listening
- Using and interpreting nonverbal communication
- Engaging in verbal communication
- Engaging in written communication
- Using a variety of computer-based information
resources
8The Managing Diversity Competency
- The overall ability to value unique individual
and group characteristics, embrace such
characteristics as potential sources of
organizational strength, and appreciate the
uniqueness of each individual as well as the
ability to help people work effectively together
even though their interests and backgrounds may
be quite diverse
9Core Abilities in theManaging Diversity
Competency
- Fostering an environment of inclusion
- Learning from others differences
- Supporting diversity
- Working with others because of their talents and
contributions - Providing leadership in addressing diversity
- Applying diversity laws, regulations, and policies
10Primary and SecondaryCategories of Diversity
- Primary categories
- Age, race, ethnicity, gender, physical abilities
and qualities, and sexual and affectional
orientation - Secondary categories
- Education, work experience, income, marital
status, religious beliefs, geographic location,
parental status, and personal style
Source Adapted from Bradford, S. Fourteen
dimensions of diversity Understanding and
appreciating differences in the work place. In
J. W. Pfeiffer, 1996 Annual Volume 2 Consulting.
San Diego Pfeiffer and Associates, 1996, 9-17.
11The Managing Ethics Competency
- The overall ability to incorporate values and
principles that distinguish right from wrong in
making decisions and choosing behaviors
12Core Abilities in the ManagingEthics Competency
- Identifying and describing ethical principles
- Assessing the importance of ethical issues
- Applying laws, regulations, and rules in making
decisions and taking action - Demonstrating dignity and respect for others
- Demonstrating honest and open communication
13The Managing AcrossCultures Competency
- The overall ability to recognize and embrace
similarities and differences among nations and
cultures and then approach key organizational and
strategic issues with an open and curious mind
14Core Abilities of the ManagingAcross Cultures
Competency
- Embracing cultural factors that can affect
behavior - Appreciating influence of work-related values
- Dealing with differences in employees values and
attitudes - Communicating in the local language
- Dealing with extreme conditions
- Utilizing a global mindset
15Work-Related Values Pertaining to Managing
Across Cultures
- Individualism versus collectivism
- Low versus high power distance
- Low versus high uncertainty avoidance
16The Managing Teams Competency
- The overall ability to develop, support,
facilitate, or lead groups to achieve
organizational goals
17Core Abilities in the ManagingTeams Competency
- Determining use and fit of teams
- Setting clear performance goals
- Defining responsibilities and tasks
- Demonstrating accountability for goal achievement
- Applying appropriate decision-making methods
- Resolving conflicts
- Assessing performance and taking corrective
action as needed
18 The Managing Change Competency
- The overall ability to recognize and implement
needed adaptations or entirely new
transformations in the people, tasks, strategies,
structures, or technologies in the persons area
of responsibility
19Core Abilities in the ManagingChange Competency
- Applying the other six competencies in pursuit of
needed changes - Providing leadership of planned change
- Diagnosing pressures for and resistance to change
- Applying the systems model and other processes to
facilitate change - Dealing with new knowledge to facilitate change