Organizational Behavior Case Study

The theories and concepts of organizational behavior can be applied to many work situations, to show this clips were taken from a variety of work settings. The first clip is a comedy sketch called The Expert and is a classic corporate office setting. In The Expert, different professional backgrounds create a heterogenous group, causing ineffective communication and problem solving. The second clip is from the movie Star Trek Into Darkness, it represents a military setting and shows how a leader or manager’s lack of consideration for his employees, and only considering their own needs, jeopardizes the efficiency and effectiveness of a work group. Not only is the group not ass effective, but one member quits. The final clip from the tv show House

The behavioral decision maker is viewed as acting under uncertain conditions and limited information. This leads to a phenomenon that Herbert Simon described as Satisficing. Satisficing is choosing the first alternative that appears to give an acceptable or satisfactory resolution of the problem. (2008). In the clip, the chairman that was in charge of the project execution was constantly looking for a shortcut to get the project done. Whenever the clients suggested something, the chairman was constantly pressuring the expert to choose the first alternative that appears to give an acceptable solution. The clients can also be considered to be behavioral decision maker because they seemed to act under uncertain conditions and limited information. Whenever the expert asked a specific question about the project they seemed to not be sure themselves. Not only that but the project moved from red lines to kittens and finally to balloons, showing that the clients are trying to find the first acceptable solution to reach their goals, not an optimal solution. The other group members should have better listened to what the expert was telling them instead of trying to coerce him into agreeing with the rest of the group’s consensus, especially because he was trying to tell them it was an impossible