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Mba 516 Organization Behavior and Development
Mba 516 Organization Behavior and Development
Contact hours: 42
Pre-requisites: None
Purpose: Enable the learner understand the importance of organizational behaviour in achieving
its goals and objectives
Expected learning outcome of the course:
By the end of the course unit the learners should be able to:i)
Define organizational behaviour and culture
ii)
Explain quality organization leadership
iii)
Explain motivation and theories of motivation
iv)
Describe methods of organization communication
Course Content
Organization behavior at individual and group levels, Describing the organization as a whole and
its components parts, Interpersonal and group relationship; decision making process,
Organization power and politics, Group dynamics, Leadership and its role in achieving
organization goals and objectives, Motivation and theories of motivation, Organization
communication process, Theory and practice of organizational development dealing with the
internal structure of organization, Problems of systems maintenance, Disciplines, incentives,
innovations with reference to the new institutional economies.
Course outline
WEEK 1 INTRODUCTION
Scope of organizational behavior
Trends in current organizations
Organizational culture
WEEK 2 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AT INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LEVELS
Personality
Perception
Attitude and job satisfaction
Learning
WEEK 3 ORGANIZATIONS AND ITS COMPONENT PARTS
Organizational culture
Organizational Structure
Organizational environment
WEEK 4 INTERPERSONAL AND GROUP RELATIONSHIPS
Group dynamics
Types of groups
WEEK 5 DECISIONS MAKING PROCESS
Introduction
Tools of decision making
Types of decisions
Type of decisions making process
WEEK 6 ORGANIZATION POWER AND POLITICS
Introduction
Power and authority
Viewpoints of power
Power tactics and influencing strategies
Politics in organizations
Political behavior
Power and politics in the post modern organization
WEEK 7 LEADERSHIP AND ITS ROLE IN ACHIEVING ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS
AND OBJECTIVES
Definition of leadership
Need for leadership
Theories of Leadership
Leadership styles
WEEK 8 MOTIVATION AND THEORIES OF MOTIVATION
Meaning of motivation
Nature of motivation
Importance of motivation in an organization
Features of a sound motivational system
Motivational process
Motivation theories
WEEK 9 ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Meaning of communication
Communication process
Types of communication
Barriers to communication
How can organizational communication be improved
WEEK 10 MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
Meaning of Organizational Change
Forms of Organizational Change
Forces for organizational change
Process of Introducing change in an organization
Steps in the change process
Resistance to change
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