What are limitations of organizational behavior?

Answer 1

• OB is not a remedy for the removal of conflict and frustration but can only reduce them.
• It is only one of the many systems operating within a large social system.
• There is a great danger of OB when in the hands of people who lack system understanding. They tend to look only at the 'behavioral basis', which gives them a narrow view point. This tunnel vision often leads to satisfying employee experiences while overlooking the broader system of an organization in relation to all its public.
• The law of diminishing returns also operates in the case of organizational behavior (the law states that at some point increase of a desirable practice produces declining returns and sometimes negative returns when that point is exceeded). For example, too much of freedom and security could lead to less employee initiative and growth after reaching a level and to complacency after that. This relationship shows that organizational effectiveness is achieved not by having more and more of a particular factor but appropriate level of it.
• The ethical standards of those in charge and those who use OB techniques are a great concern. Its knowledge and techniques could be used to manipulate people without regard for human welfare. People who lack ethical values could use people in unethical ways.