Organizational Behavior: Where Does It Fit in Today's Management Curriculum?

Abstract

Maximizing shareholder value is the dominant goal that influences management decision making in business practice. This goal—with rapid improvements in technology, changes in capital markets, and global competition—has altered employment relations between workers and top executives. The authors' purpose in this article was to share thoughts and concerns about the value and relative importance of organizational behavior theory in current business school curricula and to offer recommendations for the future.

Keywords:

• business school curricula
• management
• organizational behavior