7. Current state of the field

–          Organizational behaviour is currently a growing field.

–          Organizational behaviour is becoming more important in the global economy as people with diverse backgrounds and cultural values have to work together effectively and efficiently.

–          During last 20 years organizational behaviour study and practice has developed and expanded through creating integrations with other domains:

o   Anthropology became an interesting prism to understanding firms as communities, by introducing concepts like Organizational culture, ‘organizational rituals’ and ‘symbolic acts’ enabling new ways to understand organizations as communities.

o   Leadership Understanding the crucial role of leadership at various level of an organization in the process of change management.

o   Ethics and their importance as pillars of any vision and one of the most important driving forces in an organization.

~ by changeminor on October 2, 2008.