Organizational Behavior Case

1. James Behavior using the Frustration Model

As the text states "Frustration occurs when a motivated drive is blocked before a person reaches a desired goal. . .The barrier may be either overt (outward, or physical) or covert (inward, or mental-sociopsychological) (299). The model has two parts. First to determine at what level an individual is within the scale from inner to outer directedness, and, second, what can be done to alleviate the frustration.

In James' case, he is described as "raised in a hardworking immigrant family. His needs for power and achievement were developed while he was growing up. Now he finds himself in a low-paying, dead-end job with a large manufacturing firm" (325).

This is a perfect example of what the text calls "intra-individual" frustration. James is a man lost in his hopes and his dreams, and he feels he will be going nowhere, so he has turned to drink. The case tells us "...he really doesn't understand himself well enough, and he certainly doesn't know or trust his boss enough to discuss his problems openly with him

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