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Organizational Behavior Terminology & Concepts
I work for a large business organization that supports the Department of Defense (DOD) and the men and women serving in the military. We have over 125,000 employees worldwide, so you can just imagine how many different departments we have. My department supports the Navy in all environments. I currently work on the new missile system program under the Lockheed Martin Information & Technology Services Department. This department exists because it provides goods and services that the customer wants. The quality of these goods and services are the result of the behaviors and performances of the Lockheed Martin employees.
Organizational behavior is the study of the many factors that have an impact on how people act, think, feel, and respond to work and organizations, and how organizations respond to their environments. Understanding how organizational behavior works can help managers enhance the positive and reduce the negative effects of working in the workplace. Focusing on the organizational behavior allows organizations to compete and gain a competitive advantage against its competition. Lockheed Martin's vision is powered by innovation, guided by integrity and helping our customers achieve their most challenging goals. Its organizational behavior presents us with an opportunity to outperform the competition by getting the most out of the most valuable asset, which are the employees.
The set of shared values, beliefs, and norms that influence the way employees think, feel and behave toward each other and toward people outside the organization is known as organizational culture. An organization's culture is determined by the valu ...