If this is your first encounter with the subject of organizational behavior, you
are likely wondering what it is, and why it is offered by your college. The
answer is that organizations play a central role in our lives. You were probably
born in one kind of an organization (a hospital), as well as into another kind of
organization (your family). Since then, who you are as a person has been
shaped by many organizations, from the schools you attended, to the sports
and voluntary organizations in which you may have participated.
Now, as you move toward entering the world of work, you will discover that
organizations will influence the shape of your life more than ever. Especially if
you are a business or management student, some day you might be
responsible for managing people in an organization. You’ll do a better job if
you grasp how organizations influence people and how people affect
organizations. Such an understanding will be vital to your ability to thrive and
even survive in the world of work. You can operate a car without
understanding how it works, but it’s hard to run an organization without
knowing its structure and function. The nature of the organization is what
you’re about to learn.

This article introduces you to the basic aspects of international organizational
behavior.

Lets define Organisational behaviour first:

Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of individual and group behavior in
organizational settings. OB looks at organizations as entities, the forces that
shape them, and their impact on the members. The study of OB involves three
levels within organizations: (1) Individual; (2) Group (or Team); and (3)
Organizational.

Why we have to study Organisation Behaviour(OB).?

In our competitive, complex, and constantly changing world, organizations
must be effective in order to survive. But organizations cannot be resourceful
without a competent and cooperative body of employees. Thus, it’s important
to understand how to build and maintain such a workforce.
Think about the organizations you’ve dealt with either as a customer or an
employee. It’s likely that your experiences have not always been pleasant and
trouble-free. Perhaps you’ve been kept waiting for service, spent frustrating
hours trying to get relatively straightforward information, or worked for a boss
who gave you no direction and then criticized your work. On the other hand,
you have probably also been exposed to organizations that maintain standards of

excellence with respect to customer service or management. Why some
organizations are more effective than others and why some supervisors are
better to work for than others are typical topics in OB.

Lets understand International Organisational behaviour.

As organizations become more international and embrace both different
nationalities and cultures, the study of organizational behavior has expanded to involve global settings. All the aspects of change mentioned becomes
amplified and even more critical as organizations move toward becoming
more multicultural, multinational and even having offices located in different
countries or regional of the world. The study of International Organizational
Behavior requires the understanding of various regional contexts (American,
Canadian, Latin-American, European, Asian and African) and their numerous
local contexts with their indigenous cultures. Yet, researchers also need to
understand the cross-cultural and virtual interactions especially in
multinational companies (MNCs) and transnational organizations. Although
all members in organizations are human beings, individuals working with
different cultures and nationalities experience diverse difficulties that cannot
be assumed as similar to those individuals working in a homogenous setting.
Also, as organizations become more team oriented to cope with the need to be
flexible and responsive to the volatile business environment, team research
(especially cross- cultural and virtual) is becoming more critical in
international OB. Finally, the perception and of organizational change and the
rates of change in different regions and nations are beginning to be included
as part of the field of international OB. In this book we offer some concrete
examples that highlight the international flavor of Organizational Behavior
across all three levels: individual, team and organizational.