Organizational Behavior Analysis: US Military
Organizational Behavior Analysis
Alan Hodge
BUS610: (MFB1229B)
Organizational Behavior
Instructor: Donnie Smith
27 August 2012
Organizational Behavior Analysis
Introduction
Organizational behavior (OB) may be defined as the investigation of the behavioral factors that affect modern organizations and their management at the individual, group, and organization-wide levels (Baack, 2012). Throughout this class the different aspects that make up organizational behavior have been discussed to include studies, theories and how they (the behaviors) control or affect the business or organization. So, this paper will analyze the organizational behavior of the “U.S. Military” and then answer the required questions based on that analysis. …show more content…
military would have to be the “Salad Bowl” culture. Even although once you join the military and have the culture within as a soldier following the military’s set rules and ethics, you have many different cultures. You have the different Latino groups within the military from the Puerto Ricans, the Mexicans, the Cubans and many more. Each stay within their own cultural groups off duty and even within these groups you have sub-groups of cultures such as the New York Puerto Ricans who don’t hang out with the actual Islanders. You have the Floridian Cubans which consider themselves different from the northern Cubans within their own cultures. You have the “born and proud to be southern” culture, hard line religious cultures from Catholic to Muslim. There are the ones who consider themselves African American Blacks as well as Blacks who consider themselves African. All of these cultures are accepted within the military as long as no rights of other cultures are infringed or intimidated by your culture, and none of the activities based on your culture are illegal based on the laws of the military code of …show more content…
With all the analysis, culturing, many times there are internal problems that make individuals not work together. This is where the communication portion of the organization comes in. Will the individuals tell you the leader why they can’t? Will others tell on the two or three who may be causing the problem, but to fix the problem not to get into a he said she said argument breaking the group apart more? Only if communication was established and constantly ongoing can all of this and the above analysis be conducted to start. You can’t look at someone and know exactly where they are from. You may be able to tell after a while but what harm can be done till then, especially in a “Salad Bowl” organization as the U.S. military
Alan Hodge
BUS610: (MFB1229B)
Organizational Behavior
Instructor: Donnie Smith
27 August 2012
Organizational Behavior Analysis
Introduction
Organizational behavior (OB) may be defined as the investigation of the behavioral factors that affect modern organizations and their management at the individual, group, and organization-wide levels (Baack, 2012). Throughout this class the different aspects that make up organizational behavior have been discussed to include studies, theories and how they (the behaviors) control or affect the business or organization. So, this paper will analyze the organizational behavior of the “U.S. Military” and then answer the required questions based on that analysis. …show more content…
military would have to be the “Salad Bowl” culture. Even although once you join the military and have the culture within as a soldier following the military’s set rules and ethics, you have many different cultures. You have the different Latino groups within the military from the Puerto Ricans, the Mexicans, the Cubans and many more. Each stay within their own cultural groups off duty and even within these groups you have sub-groups of cultures such as the New York Puerto Ricans who don’t hang out with the actual Islanders. You have the Floridian Cubans which consider themselves different from the northern Cubans within their own cultures. You have the “born and proud to be southern” culture, hard line religious cultures from Catholic to Muslim. There are the ones who consider themselves African American Blacks as well as Blacks who consider themselves African. All of these cultures are accepted within the military as long as no rights of other cultures are infringed or intimidated by your culture, and none of the activities based on your culture are illegal based on the laws of the military code of …show more content…
With all the analysis, culturing, many times there are internal problems that make individuals not work together. This is where the communication portion of the organization comes in. Will the individuals tell you the leader why they can’t? Will others tell on the two or three who may be causing the problem, but to fix the problem not to get into a he said she said argument breaking the group apart more? Only if communication was established and constantly ongoing can all of this and the above analysis be conducted to start. You can’t look at someone and know exactly where they are from. You may be able to tell after a while but what harm can be done till then, especially in a “Salad Bowl” organization as the U.S. military