Leadership: A Veritable Tool for Organizational Behaviour

of the organization, and address issues as it affects the organization. Thus, the potential commitment of workers is progressively recognized by management which will turn out to be increasingly more significant for managers and employees to get a grasp on the intricacies of organizational behaviour. The significance of organizational behavior is that it helps in separating the role of leaders and offers a specific view on the human side of management: people as people, people as resources, and people as organizations (‘Understanding and managing organizational behavior’, 2006). The focus of organizational behavior is on the behaviours, qualities, of individual workers; the processes and attributes that represent the organization; the level of motivation within the organization; and the behaviours exhibited by workers in the organization based on their individual needs. It is also concerned with the study of the activities of workers in the organization, ways of minimizing employee turnover, absenteeism, and aberrant behaviors in the organization; improvement on productivity, job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behavior, and how the behavior of workers affects the performance of the organization (Frederick, 2014). For Kondalkar (2006) organizational behavior Abstract: Organizations today are faced with competitive pressure in a multicultural society as some have failed in meeting their goals and objectives due to the leadership style adopted and practised by some leaders. This paper intends to expose leaders on the nitty-gritty that are essential in managing both individuals and groups in the organization be it governmental or non-governmental, private or public. It also identified the various components of organizational behavior as well as how leaders can influence the behavior of individuals, groups and the environment where the organization exists.