Changes In Organizational Behavior Research Articles

A Decision Impact Model

ABSTRACTCurrent and forecasted world economic trends call for an examination of traditional management organizational behavior. Changes in organizational behavior require a downward decision-making responsibility transfer. An examination of human motivational theories and experimental data provides insight into this needed decision transfer.A decision impact model of current operational management trends is presented. The model shows the necessity for streamlining the traditional organization in an effort to accommodate rapidly changing technology and increase organizational competitiveness. An investigation of decision transfer is also presented.

Changes in industrial buying: Implications for industrial marketers

Some of the most dramatic changes in organizational buyer behavior have occurred and continue to occur in the industrial purchasing function. Purchasing is becoming less and less a lower-level staff function and more and more a top-level management position. This article examines some of the major changes in the purchasing function and the reasons for those changes. The article concludes by considering some of the major implications of these changes for the industrial marketer.

Measuring Organizational Effectiveness in Institutions of Higher Education

The following are some of the criticisms which have been advanced concerning the goal approach to effectiveness: (1) There is a focus on official or management goals to the exclusion of the organizational member, organizational constituency, and societal goals (Blau and Scott, 1961; Scriven, 1967). (2) There is neglect of implicit, latent, or informal procedures and goals (Merton, 1957). (3) There is neglect of the multiple and contradictory nature of organizational goals (Rice, 1963). (4) Environmental influences on the organization and its goals are ignored (Lawrence and Lorsch, 1969). (5) Organizational goals are retrospective and serve to justify organizational action, not to direct it (Weich, 1969). (6) Organizational goals change as contextual factors and organizational behavior change (Warner, 1967; Pfiffner, 1977).

THE STABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY OF MEASUREMENTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES.

The article reports on methods that can be used to measure organizational climate. The author focuses on using the Organizational Description Questionnaire to measure factors that contribute to organizational climate, including supervisor structure, employee autonomy, and reward orientation. Organizational behavior is defined as the product of employees' interactions with their work environments. A study investigating the changes in organizational structure and behavior which happened has a result of the implementation of internal management training programs is also discussed.