Emerging Aspects of Organizational Behavior (OB)

 1. Globalization:

• Trapping new marketplace, new technology, or reducing costs through specialization or cheap labor are a few of the different reasons that motivate organizations to become global

• Moreover, the way companies integrate their business practices with other countries has also changed.

• As the old principles no longer work in the age of globalization Strategic changes, technological change, and changes in organizational culture including organizational structural change and a redesign of work tasks are some of the important ones.

2. Emerging employment relationship:

• Changing trends in organizations in recent years have made it of utmost importance to consider some of the emerging employee relations issues that can affect employers in the coming decade.
• Understanding these issues will help management to better plan and respond to changes in the workplace.
• The employer-employee relationship is also showing change in the modern era. Employers are no more autocrats and participative style of leadership is welcomed.
• Flexible working hours and increased authority motivate employees to perform at their best.
• Management now welcomes upward communication and participation of lower-level employees in the decision-making process.

3. Changing Workforce:

• The demographic of the workforce has changed in recent years. This is due to several factors such as an aging population, labor shortages, and immigration.
• Another significant factor that has changed the workforce is the changes in the attitudes of workers. Employers need to adapt their recruitment, training, and management processes to adapt to the changing workforce.
• For example, New parents now want to work closer to home or from home, and employers may find that they need to make this a possible option to retain or find new staff.
• Allowing people to work from home will also make the employer and job more attractive to a wider range of people.

4. Knowledge Management:

• Knowledge management is a structured activity that improves an organization’s capacity to acquire, share, and utilize knowledge for its survival and success.
• The first is the shared assumptions about what knowledge is and which knowledge is worth managing. Second, is the relationship between individual and organizational knowledge. Third is the context for social interaction that determines how knowledge will be used in particular situations. Fourth is the processes by which knowledge is created, legitimated, and distributed in organizations.

There are three basic elements of knowledge management

1. Knowledge acquisition: It is a method of learning through experiences, sensation, or perception. 
2. Knowledge sharing: Knowledge sharing is a process through which knowledge is shared among family, friends, or any community.
3. Knowledge dissemination: It is the conceptual and instrumental use of new knowledge. Increased awareness and ability to make informed choices among available alternatives are the outcomes of knowledge dissemination.
4. Knowledge maps: Knowledge maps guide employees to understand what knowledge is needed to increase their efficiency and productivity and where this knowledge is located. 

5. Information Technology and OB:

• Technological change and advancement are some of the most salient factors impacting organizations and employees today.
• In particular, the prominence of information technology (IT) has grown manyfold in recent years.
• This innovation in IT has opened new ways of conducting business that are different from the past. Technology has changed the nature of work as well as the roles of employees.
• It has become important for the business and management to understand and take these issues into consideration while introducing or implementing any new technology. ]
• Frequent sessions on change management can help employees understand, use and adopt new technologies easily.