This Written Response Assessment consists of four items that define the field of Organizational Behavior and analyze how organizational behavior functions at the individual, group, and organizational levels.

Submission Length: 4 items, with responses ranging from 1–3 pages each.

To prepare for the Written Response items:

• Review the resources in this Competency.
• Reflect on your understanding of the meaning of organizational behavior.
• Consider how the field of OB can benefit organizations through the application of individual differences, group and team dynamics, and organizational change and development theories to organizational settings.
• In your responses, be sure to support your ideas with reference to peer-reviewed scholarly sources cited in APA style.

Item 1

Define the field of Organizational Behavior (OB) and explain why you think understanding behavior in the context of employment-related situations—such as performance, absenteeism, leadership, organizational change, or another OB topic—is important. Be sure to include the benefit of OB to organizations.

(minimum 1 page)

Item 2

Compare and contrast how OB functions at the individual, group, and organizational levels and provide an example of each. Then explain the influence of historical (e.g., social, economic) or future context (e.g., social media, workforce trends) on these functions. Be specific. (minimum 2 pages)

Item 3

Consider the role of I/O psychology at each identified level of analysis in which OB functions.

• To what extent is I/O active at each level?
• How might an I/O psychology perspective be particularly useful in addressing organizational behavior issues?
• How can the field of OB benefit organizations through the application of individual differences, group and team dynamics, and organizational change and development theories? Provide examples supported by scholarly peer-reviewed sources in APA style.

(minimum 3 pages)

Item 4

Which particular levels of OB analysis do you find more or less appealing, as an emerging scholar-practitioner in the field of I/O psychology, and why? (minimum 1 page)