Organizational Behaviour & Leadership

Agenda

1. Leader of the day – $1 a day2. What is organizational behaviour?3. Debate – work from home 4. How does this tie in with leadership?

Leaders of the day

• http://livingonone.org/

Questions

• Are they leaders?• Are they making a difference?• What kind of leaders are they?• Do they have GRIT?• Would you watch the movies when they come

out?

Definition of Organizational Behaviour (OB)

• The study of human behaviour, attitudes, and performance within an organizational setting–drawing on theory, methods, and

principles from such disciplines as psychology, sociology, political science, and cultural anthropology

– to learn about individual, groups, structure, and processes

Introduction

• Organizations are much more than only a means for providing goods and service

• They create the settings in which most of us spend our lives

• They have profound influence on employee behavior

We are starting to look at organizational CULTURE and its impacts

• What companies can you think of that would have different organizational cultures?

• What organizational behaviour policies have you seen in the places you work?

An illustration

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y64ms-htffE

Debate – Two CEO’s, Two Philosophies

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bhmxs2ebqk

• http://fortune.com/2015/03/03/female-company-president-im-sorry-to-all-the-mothers-i-used-to-work-with/

• http://fortune.com/2013/04/19/marissa-mayer-breaks-her-silence-on-yahoos-telecommuting-policy/

Debate

• Tone at the top• Organizational behaviour • Mastery • Purpose • Money/Profit

Each side of the class needs to elect 3 representatives

• Or I can deal cards

Lessons From Morrie

• That have little to do with being a great manager, but a lot to do with being a leader in your own life:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcnL2o385Gw