FUTURE OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

 The growing interest in organizational behavior stems from both a philosophical desire by many people to create more humanistic work places and a practical need to design more productive work environments. As a result of these forces, organizational behavior is now a part of the curriculum of almost all courses including engineering and medical.

The field of organizational behavior has grown in depth and breadth. The keys to its past and future success revolve around the related processes of theory development, research and managerial practice.

Although organizational behavior has certain limitations, it has a tremendous potential to contribute to the advancement of civilisation. It has provided and will provide much improvement in the human environment. By building a better climate for people, organizational behavior will release their creative potential to solve major social problems. In this way organizational behavior will contribute to social improvements. Improved organizational behavior is not easy to apply but opportunities are there. It should produce a higher quality of life in which there is improved harmony within each individual, among people and among the organizations of future.

Physical abilities such as strength, flexibility, endurance and stamina can be developed with exercise and training. Mental abilities such as reasoning, memory visualization, comprehension and inter-personal abilities can also be developed through practice and education. Even in the absence of such formal programs, many individuals manage their own careers in such a way as to continually upgrade their abilities, skills and competencies in order to remain valuable to their organizations.