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Here at My Organisational Bahviour we want to try and provide as much up-to-date information on the subject of Organisational Behaviour as we can. However, there is nothing better than having a book to sit down in a quiet place and read. We recommend the following books.


Organizational Behaviour (Buchanan and Huczynski)

Management and Organisational Behaviour (Mullins)



Reinforcement Theory: Attitudes and Behaviour

(Skinner, 1904-1990)

Positive Reinforcement – A way to try and make people have desirable behaviour by making sure there are positive consequences when the right behaviour is used.

Negative Reinforcement – The opposite to positive, when bad behaviour happens then the consequence will be bad, this tries to encourage positive reinforcement.

The main aspect of the reinforcement theory is that when behaviour is reinforced, then it will be repeated and used again, when if the behaviour is not reinforced, then that behaviour will continue you the same and not change, therefore if this behaviour is currently bad, it will stay that way, unless something is done.
The Reinforcement Theory starts to look into punishment and reward for behaviour. This is what Skinner started to go into, saying that punishment was needed to make sure people stay on the right track and produce work which is of an adequate quality.

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