ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
TERM PAPER
Challenges Facing Organizational Managers & Employees Today in Relation to the
Modern Theory of Organizational Behaviour.
By
1. Edwin Nduati HD333-0249/2010
2. Daniel Gikandi HD333-0251/2010
3. Richard Sigey HD333-0250/2010
Presented to
Dr. Margaret Ndungu
Table of Contents
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR – TERM PAPER 1
Challenges Facing Organizational Managers & Employees Today in Relation to the
Modern Theory of Organizational Behaviour. 1
Organizations are facing different challenges in todays environment. 4
1. Technology 4
2. Diverse 4
3. Multiple 4
4. Responsiveness 4
5. Rapid 4
6. Globalization 4
8. Communication style 5
9. Organization direction. 5
10. Decision making. 5
11. Feedback mechanisms. 6
12. Change adaptability. 6
13. Innovation within the organization. 6
14. How do we build an organization that actually inspires extraordinary accomplishment
6
15. Lawsuits 6
Dealing with the Challenging Issues 7
1. Diversity Goals 7
Conclusion 9
References 12
Introduction
Organizational Behavior studies encompass the study of organizations from multiple
viewpoints, methods, and levels of analysis. For instance, one textbook divides these
multiple viewpoints into three perspectives: modern, symbolic and postmodern. Another
traditional distinction, present especially in American academia, is between the study of
“micro” organizational behavior – which refers to individual and group dynamics in an
organizational setting and “macro” organizational theory which studies whole
organizations, how they adapt, and the strategies and structures that guide them. To this
distinction, some scholars have added an interest in “meso” primarily interested in power,
culture, and the networks of individuals and units in organizations and “field” level
analysis which study how whole populations of organizations interact.
Whenever people interact in organizations, many factors come into play. Modern
organizational studies attempt to understand and model these factors. Like all modernist
social sciences, organizational studies seek to control, predict, and explain. There is some
controversy over the ethics of controlling workers behavior. As such, organizational
behavior or OB (or Industrial psychology) has at times been accused of being the scientific
tool of the powerful. Those accusations notwithstanding, OB can play a major role in
organizational development and success.
One of the main goals of organizational theorists is, according to Simms (1994) “to
revitalize organizational theory and develop a better conceptualization of organizational
life.” An organizational theorist should carefully consider levels assumptions being made
in theory and is concerned to help managers and administrators.
Organizations are facing different challenges in todays environment.
Some of these challenges include;-
1. Technology
Only 20 years ago, few workers used fax machines or e-mail, and computers occupied
entire rooms, not the mini desktops that currently available. Advances in information and
communication technology have permanently altered the workplace by changing the way
