Organizational behaviour is an applied behavioural science that is built upon contributions from a number of behavioural disciplines.
* Psychology
* Sociology
* Social psychology
* Anthropology
* Political science
I ) Psychology
*Psychology is the science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behaviour of humans and other animals
*To use psychological and organizational theory and research to improve organizational effectiveness and the work life of all individual
*Psychologists concern themselves with studying and attempting to understand individual behaviour
* learning, perception, personality, emotions, training, leadership effectiveness, needs and motivational forces, job satisfaction, decision-making process, performance appraisals, attitude measurement, employee selection techniques, work design and job stress
II) sociology
* Sociologists study the social system in which individuals fill their roles
* Sociology studies people in relation to their fellow human beings to improve organizational performance.
* Study of group behaviour in organisations, group dynamics, design of work teams, organisational culture, formal organisational theory and structure, organisational technology, communications, power and conflict
III) Social psychology :
An area within psychology that blends concepts from psychology and sociology and that focuses on the influence of people on one another.
* Major area:
change – how to implement it and how to reduce barriers to its acceptance
*Study areas:
measuring, understanding and changing attitudes, communication patters, building trust, the ways in which group activities can satisfy individual needs, group decision-making processes
IV) Anthropology :
* The study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities.
* Study on culture and environment has helped us understand differences in fundamental values, attitudes, and behaviour between people in different countries and within different organisations
V) Political science:
* The study of the behaviour of individuals and groups within a political environment
* Study areas: structuring of conflicts, allocations of power, how people manipulate power for individual self-interest
