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Organisational Behaviour, taught through your own life.

Each topic opens with a video that begins in your personal world — a family argument, a friendship dynamic, a group project — before connecting it to the organisational concept.

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Sixteen topics across the three levels of analysis — Individual, Group and Organisational.

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Autocratic · Custodial · Supportive · Collegial

Foundational OB models

Think about how decisions get made in your family. Does one parent just say "because I said so" — or do you all sit down and talk it through? Does your household run on rules and routines, or on trust and teamwork? This video maps those exact family and friendship dynamics onto the four OB management models — Autocratic, Custodial, Supportive, and Collegial — so you can see which model you've been living inside before you ever set foot in an office.

Individual
Maslow · Herzberg · McClelland · Alderfer

Motivation: content theories

Why do you push through a late-night study session for something you actually care about, but can't drag yourself to start an assignment you don't? Why does a "well done" from someone you respect feel better than a cash reward? This video walks through Maslow, Herzberg, McClelland and Alderfer using the real motivation patterns from your daily life — revision, friendships, family approval, personal goals — before showing you exactly how the same forces operate in every workplace you'll ever enter.

Individual
Vroom · Adams · Locke · Skinner

Motivation: process theories

Why do you stop trying at something the moment the reward feels pointless? Why does it sting so much when a sibling or friend gets praised for the same effort you put in and got nothing for? This video uses those exact moments — from family comparisons to personal goal-setting to the feeling of being treated unfairly — to bring Vroom, Adams, Locke and Skinner to life.

Individual
Big Five · MBTI · Holland

Personality theories

Are you the one in your friend group who always finishes what they start — or the one who generates all the ideas but loses interest halfway through? This video uses your real patterns with friends, family, and school to explain the Big Five, MBTI and Holland's types — so that when you eventually take a personality assessment at work, you'll understand what it's actually measuring and why it matters for how you work with others.

Individual
Attribution · Halo effect · Self-serving bias

Perception & attribution

Have you ever immediately assumed someone was being rude — then found out they were just having a terrible day? That's Attribution Theory, the Halo Effect, and Self-Serving Bias — playing out in your daily life right now. This video unpacks perception and attribution through the snap judgements you make about friends, family, and strangers every single day — so you can spot these biases in yourself before they damage your relationships at work and beyond.

Individual
Pavlov · Skinner · Bandura · Festinger

Learning theories & attitudes

Why did you pick up your parents' habits without ever being taught them? Why do you feel uncomfortable when you act against your own values — even when no one else knows? This video makes those invisible learning processes visible — so you understand not just how organisations train people, but how you yourself were shaped long before you ever entered one.

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You have been living Organisational Behaviour your entire life.

The most profound learning happens not in a textbook or a lecture hall — it happens when you recognise a theory in a conversation with your family, a falling-out with a friend, or a group that finally clicks.