Topic: Management

Detailed Question: In the first chapter, you will explore the historical development, philosophical underpinnings, and present state of organizational behavior research. There are many readings and articles in our schools' library databases which will assist you in examining the assumptions and broad implications of various organizational behavior approaches and interventions.

You should enhance your knowledge base by familiarizing yourself with the rich, multi-disciplinary literature in current journals, periodicals, and research reports on the history of leadership and its ongoing evolution in organizations and systems around you. This chapter must demonstrate a command of the broad literature, the ability to compare and contrast theories and concepts, and the use of critical thinking which challenges the presuppositions of each theory. This chapter can be conceptualized as a general review and explanation of the applicable literature on organizational behavior theory.

Thus, the outcome of this chapter should be to summarize the salient literature of the major theorists who have contributed to the various schools of organizational behavior thought. Your review should include the full spectrum of the salient organizational behavioral thought through the theories of the present day.

This chapter should contain no more than six (6) pages of the most relevant information delivered in a concise, yet thorough, manner.