Internal And External Perspectives Of Organisational Behaviour

In response to this view it is important to distinguish what exactly organisational behaviour is. It includes the combined study of group and individual performance and activity within an organisation and the extent to which this has an impact on the organisation. On an individual level this includes features such as personalities and perception whereas on a group level aspects such as structure, leadership and power within the organisation and on a collective level it refers to characteristics of rewards and culture. Organisational behaviour uses theory to look at behaviour and discover what personality types exist throughout the organisation. The internal and external perspectives are two theories of how organisational behaviour can be viewed

The external perspective of organisational behaviour that takes into consideration external event and environmental factors that influence and individuals job, performance and their behaviour, and therefore this is out of the control of the people and therefore goes against this concept that people make the place. The environment is something that every organisation will have some interaction with. However the context in which the organisation exists is extremely important, as the internal perspective of organisational behaviour is usually the dominant of the two. Processes that occur within the organisation are more visible in conjunction with humanity having a bias to attribute the causality to the actions of individuals (Pfeffer & Salancik 1978). Few employers have fully succeeded in leveraging workforce diversity to achieve positive outcomes (Kochan et al) which contradicts the idea that people make the

The history and tradition of the organisation plays a vital role in conjunction with the nature of the organisation’s activities. However people in a work place arguably have similar interests, goals and personality. This is thought to be created through leaders making the place by attracting certain people to that job.
In a contemporary society the role of technology within an organisation is becoming increasingly greater and therefore the technology that is present, ensuring it is reliable and the employees know how to operate it has a huge influence. This role that technology plays in shaping the workplace is only something that is going to become increasingly greater and a concept that businesses have to profoundly