1. What is organizational behavior (OB)? Using an OB model, please describe the three levels of analysis of organizational behavior and three types of variables.

Organizational Behavior is the study that explores the effect of people, groups, and structure behavior within organizations, with the end goal of applying such information toward enhancing an organization’s adequacy. Using an OB model, there is three levels of analysis of organizational behavior are individual, group, and organizational. At the individual level of analysis, organizational behavior includes the investigation of learning, observation, imagination, inspiration, identity, task performance, cooperative behavior, and ethics. Then at group level of analysis, organizational behavior involves the study of group dynamics, group conflict, authority, power, standards, interpersonal correspondence, network, and roles. Lastly organization level of analysis, organizational behavior associates the examination of subjects, such as, organizational culture, cultural diversity, and technology.

Furthermore, the three types of variables that correlated to the three level of analysis of organizational behavior are: input, processes, and outcome. Inputs are variables, such as, personality, group structure, and organizational culture that prompt procedures. These variables can project the future of an organization. Some of these variable also determined the advancement of employment relationship. Procedures are activities that people, groups, and organization take part in as a consequence of inputs and that prompt certain results. At the individual level, procedures incorporate feelings and mood, motivation, perception, and choice making. At the group level, it incorporate correspondence, initiative, power, perception and politics, furthermore, legislative issues, and struggle and