Organizational Behavior: Organizational Behavior is a discipline, which
             studies the way that people and groups act in organizations. It does this
             by taking a systems approach that attempts to understand and model the
             factors that come into play whenever people work together. This involves
             addressing both the internal and external perspectives of human behavior,
             as both may influence the way people interact in an organizational setting.
             The study of organizational behavior is a valuable management tool since it
             helps define the way organizations are structured and how they should
             behave (Fact Index, para 1-2). Indeed, the application of this
             understanding is vital to an organization in its efforts to achieve its
             vision, mission, and organizational goals.
             Organizational Culture: The primary source of an organization's culture is
             its vision, philosophy, values, and goals (NOAA, para 6). Indeed, these key
             factors determine the type of leadership, communication, and group dynamics
             within an organization, which, in turn, form the basis for the type of work
             environment and employee motivation. Thus, organizational culture plays an
             important role in achieving employee motivation, satisfaction, and
             Diversity: Recently, a rapidly changing business environment has brought
             the need to manage diversity to the forefront post the recognition that an
             organization needs to manage change by modeling appropriate behaviors. This
             recognition has led to organizations now working with the concept of change
             agents that include employees at all levels. These change agents work with
             people, systems, policies and practices to ensure that there is enough
             flexibility to cope with diversity in any collective mixture. Thus,
             managing diversity is defined as a comprehensive managerial process for
             developing an environment that works for all employees. Like other concepts
             in organizational behavior, the management of ...