Kuwait University

College of Business Administration

Management and Marketing Department

Course Syllabus
Fall Semester 2019/2002
Professor Salem M. Altuhaih
Leadership and Organizational Behavior - 1015506 -00

Lecture Time and Location:

Lecture Time : 17:00 19:50 – Thursday
Location : Shuwaikh - Building: 2 - Room: 020

Contact Information
Location : Management and Marketing Department – Office Number 2108
Email : tuhaih@cba.edu.kw
Office : 99299099
Traditional Office Hours: By appointment.
Virtual Office Hours: https://altuhaih.moodle.school/mod/forum/view.php?id=1143

Course Description
Leadership requires effective management of people and a clear understanding of human behavior and social
processes. Leaders need to have a good understanding both of themselves and of those whom they will lead.
Leaders need to know why people behave as they do in relation to their job, work group, and organization. This
knowledge of individuals’ perceptions, attitudes, and behavior enables leaders to choose appropriate leadership
styles and managerial practices to increase organization effectiveness and positive human outcomes. The course
moves progressively through individual, group, and organizational levels of behavior drawing on concepts and
practices from the field of Organizational Behavior (OB). It also examines the interrelationship of behavioral
phenomena among these levels. Studying OB provides a basic understanding of your own and others’ behavior,
particularly in teams. It enhances your ability to communicate and work effectively with others, core skills of
leadership. Our goal is to help you strengthen your people management skills so you can be a successful leader
in any field you choose.

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College of Business Administration
Management and Marketing Department

Course Learning Outcomes

After taking this class, students should be able to:

1. Describe and apply leadership theories to team and organizational scenarios in order achieve a team’s
or an organization’s goals and objectives.
2. Explain the effect of leader’s personality, attitudes, perceptions and attributions on their own and
other’s behaviors in team and organizational settings.
3. Explain types of leaders and apply team development, team effectiveness, and group decision-making
models and techniques.
4. Analyze and apply leadership theories and better understand their own leadership style.
5. Analyze bases of power and influence tactics and their impact on achieving their own personal career
goals and the organization’s objectives.
6. Identify and apply tactics for resolving conflict and handling interpersonal communication in work
groups.
7. Describe how organizational cultures are formed and sustained, and the benefits and liabilities of
strong organizational cultures and subcultures.
8. Describe the determinants and elements of leaders and their impact on an organization’s
performance.

Course Procedures
This course uses "Blended Education" Program. Blended Education defined as a “formal education program,
in which a student studies at least part the course through delivery of content and instruction via digital and
on-line media with some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace.”
The course meets Thursdays from 5:00 -7:50 p.m. The Students expected to use the course website
(https://altuhaih.moodle.school), throughout the week for updates, emails, discussions and assignments,
where the entire course assigned readings, case studies, presentations, exercises and simulations will be
online.

Course Website:
https://altuhaih.moodle.school

Mobile Application:
To use your smart phone to access the course Sites click HERE to download and install Moodle
Mobile app. Student can use Moodle Mobile App. To:

 Browse the content of his or her courses, even when offline

 Receive instant notifications of messages and other events
 Quickly find and contact other people in your courses
 Upload images, audio, videos and other files from your mobile device
 View your course grades

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College of Business Administration
Management and Marketing Department

COURSE READING AND ASSIGNMENTS TIMETABLE

READING ONE: SEPTEMPER 8,2019
1. Understanding Organizational Behavior
2. The Nature and Importance of Leadership
ASSIGNMENT ONE
READING TWO: SEPTEMPER 15,2019
Leadership and history
ASSIGNMENT TWO
READING THREE: SEPTEMPER 22,2019
When does Leadership Matter
ASSIGNMENT THREE
READING FOUR: SEPTEMPER 29,2019
what makes a leader
ASSIGNMENT FOUR
READING FIVE: OCTOBER 06,2019
The experience conundrum
ASSIGNMENT FIVE
READING SIX: OCTOBER 13,2019
When does Leadership Matter?
ASSIGNMENT SIX
READING SEVEN: OCTOBER 13,2019
What makes an effective executive?
ASSIGNMENT SEVEN
READING EIGHT: OCTOBER 20,2019
They are not employees
ASSIGNMENT EIGHT
READING NINE: OCTOBER 27,2019
issues in organizational behavior and leadership
ASSIGNMENT EIGHT
READING TEN: NOVEMBER 03,2019
Advancing leadership theory and practice
ASSIGNMENT TEN
READING ELEVEN: NOVEMBER 10,2019
What every leader needs to know about followers
ASSIGNMENT ELEVEN
READING TWLEVE: NOVEMBER 17,2019
Leadership through an organization behavior lens
ASSIGNMENT TWLEVE

Course Assessment & Grading POINTS

Participation 20
Assignments 80
TOTAL SCORE 100

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College of Business Administration
Management and Marketing Department

Attendance, Preparation & Participation: All students should participate actively in discussions,
class exercises, activities, simulation and group work. Regular attendance, preparation and
participation in class discussions (online and in discussion forums) is required.
Assignments: The objective of each assignment to measure the student’s ability to connect his/her
professional experiences with what learned from the assigned reading.
Discussions: Measure the student’s abilities and skills to reflect on what he/she learned and connect
learning, reflection or experiences to reading material the student associated with the most.
Final: Student will be asked to complete a short essay of up to 6 pages in length (not including
references, title page, or appendix), based on concepts learned. The student must submit his/her
choice of the subject of the paper to the instructor, for approval, before 21 November 2017.

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