THINKING TIME!

Why is managing organizational behavior in changing times challenging?

To answer this question we have to take into account the capabilities that a company has, taking as most important the adaptability. The adaptability determines how companies and managers can pass through the change without seeing many bad consequences, and the capability of seeing this change as opportunity whether as a risk. Nowadays with the globalization as a global movement that has increased the flow of goods, services, people, real capital, technology and money across national borders in order to create a more integrated and independent world economy[1], the companies are facing several changes in short periods of time and these changes can challenge the employees work performance and the organizational execution, because produce new variables in the work environment that can cause resistant in the workforce bringing chaos and bad levels of effectiveness, that’s what has to be avoided. So, the organizational behavior is affected by the changes that arrive to the company, but also these changes are the one that build the behavior inside the business, force the company to create a competitive advantage toward the adaptability and demonstrates the well-execution of the managers’ decisions.

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[1] Vallejo-Mejia, P & Zwerg-Villegas, A. M. (2008). International Business: The Pocket Guide. Fondo Editorial Universidad EAFIT.