Southeast University

Assignment on “Contributory Field of OB”

Submitted To: Asst. Prof. Md. Arifur Rahman

Submitted By: Rashed Hossain Majumder

ID- 2014010002002

Contributory Field of Organizational Behavior

Organizational behavior is an applied behavioral science that is built upon contributions from a number of behavioral disciplines. Organizational behavior can be analyzed in terms of various fields. All fields have contributed a lot in the study of Organizational Behavior. Some of the predominant areas are psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology and political science. In below the components are described briefly.

1. Psychology
Psychology is the science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals. Psychologists involve themselves with studying and attempting to understand individual behavior. Those who have contributed and continue to add to the knowledge of organizational behavior are learning theorists, personality theorists, counseling psychologists, and, most important industrial and organizational psychologist. Early industrial and organizational psychologists concerned themselves with problems of fatigue, boredom, and other factors relevant to working conditions that could impede efficient work performance. More recently, their contributions have been expanded to include learning, perception, personality, training, leadership effectiveness, needs and motivational forces, job satisfaction, decision making processes, performance appraisals, attitude measurement, employee selection techniques, work design and job stress.

2. Sociology
Where psychologists focus on the individual, sociologists study the social system in which individual fills their role; that is, sociology