During the first week on his job, his father called him said "Arvind I have observed you working with the workers for the two days and I want to advise you something I know. You have been tauohs human relations stuff at the institute, but it just does not work here. I wea also taught the Hawthorne studies when I was in business school. I, too, was very excited by them. But, in reality, there is more to managing people, than just being nice to them." Arvind is very confused and he wonders what to do. Questions  1. If you were Arvind, how would you behave in this situation ? 2. How will the study of organisational behaviour help Arvind to be successful in his business ?

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During the first week on his job, his father called him said "Arvind I have observed you working with the workers for the two days and I want to advise you something I know. You have been tauohs human relations stuff at the institute, but it just does not work here. I wea also taught the Hawthorne studies when I was in business school. I, too, was very excited by them. But, in reality, there is more to managing people, than just being nice to them." Arvind is very confused and he wonders what to do. Questions

 1. If you were Arvind, how would you behave in this situation ?

2. How will the study of organisational behaviour help Arvind to be successful in his business ?

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