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differences in fundamental values, attitudes, and behavior between people in different
countries and within different organizations. Much of our current understanding of
organizational culture, organizational environments and differences among national
cultures is a result of the work of anthropologists or those using their methods.
Figure 1.1 Contributing Discipline in OB
1.4 Organizational Behavior Model
A model is an abstraction of reality, Figure 1.2 presents the skeleton on OB model. It
proposes three types of variables: inputs, processes and outcomes and at three levels of
analysis: individual, group and organizational.
The model proceeds from left to right, with inputs leading to processes and processes leading
to outcomes. The model also shows that outcomes can influence inputs in the future.
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