Challenges and opportunities for OB

In the dynamic world of today, there are various challenges and opportunities in managing OB. Following are the challenges: 1 . G l o b a l i z a t i o n - Organizations are no longer constrained by national borders, the world has become a global village. Increased foreign assignments, working with different people like bosses, peers and other employees who were born and raised in different culture, to work effectively with them one has to understand how their culture, geographic and religion have shaped them. Foreign collaborations, mergers and acquisitions have also led to the changing dynamics of the business world. 2. Managing workforce diversity - People in organizations have become heterogeneous demographically. This has led to work force diversity of people from different countries. It is indeed a challenge for the organization to ensure that maximum benefits can be reaped from diverse teams. Bringing about harmony amongst the global workforce and maintaining a balance between individual and organizational aspirations. 5.Improving people skills Designing motivating jobs, how creating effective teams, techniques for improvinginterpersonal skills

6.Stimulating innovation and change Victory will go the organization the maintain their flexibility, continually improve theirquality and beat their competition in market place. An organizations employees canbe major block in change, the challenge to the manager to stimulate their creativityand tolerance for change. 7.Coping with Temporariness Survival for the organization, is need to move fast and flexible and innovative in theirproducts, jobs are redesigned, task are done by flexibility, trained old employeeswith new technology, better understanding of change, overcome resistance tochange, create organizational culture 8.Working in network organization Global working through one link i.e. INTERNET, technology changes the people towork together and communicate at thousand miles, people can work from their homeand non office locations. 9.Helping employees Balance work-life conflicts Flexible Working hours, reporting time, creating opportunities for employees, jobsecurity, design workplace and jobs 10.Creating positive Work Environment

Human strength, vitality, right person appointed at right place, effort on what goodfor organization. 11.Improving Ethical Behavior Manager shouldnt place an order on which subordinate dont agreeDefine clearly the right and wrong conductFair policy and appropriate systemIncrease confidence and trust over organizationHave some logic against order you place to employees