A young student from the United States is interested in doing international business across China, India, Brazil, and Russia. Discuss how the knowledge of OB can be useful to the student.


The study of OB is for anyone who works in an organization. If a student from USA is interested in doing international business across the emerging economies, Brazil, Russia, China and India, s/he will need to work as an individual, in groups and teams or in an organization with those from the other countries. 

In either case, s/he needs to understand how people think, feel, and do in and around organizations. The study of OB looks at employee behavior, decisions, perceptions and emotional responses at multiple levels, individual, teams and organizations; as well as how organizations interact with the external environment. Thus, knowledge acquired by study of OB can provide the student an understanding of these aspects of organizations and behavior and thus help in getting things done while doing international business.

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