Course Specification Form

1. Department 2. Program
Department of Civil Engineering BECE

4. Credit Hrs
3. Course Code 3. Course Title
4 a. Theory 4 a. Lab
Organizational
MG 295 2 0
behavior
5. Credits
5 a. 5 b. 6. Pre-requisites 7. Course Web-Page 8. Course Instructor
Thoery Lab
2 0 None Nil Syed Nouman Musatfa

9. Lab Instructor 10. Email

None

11. Textbook(s)
Organizational Behavior - ( 15th Edition) 1
Authors: Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge
12. Reference Books(s)
Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations – (12th Edition) 1
Author: Ricky W Griffin
13. Other Resources used (e.g. e-learning, field visits, periodicals, software, etc.):
None
14. Course Objectives (as approved by the dept.)

 To gain a solid understanding of human behavior in the workplace from an individual,

group, and organizational perspective.

 To obtain frameworks and tools to effectively analyze and approach various

organizational situations.

 Understand how organizations work and why people behave as they do in work
settings. Better understand your own OB related traits and perspectives.

 Improve ability to analyze and understand organizational situations in terms of OB

theories and concepts.

 Improve skills in reacting appropriately to organizational situations using OB concepts.

 Improve ability to create and maintain healthy and productive work environments.

 To integrate course materials with your own workplace experiences.

 To reflect upon your own beliefs, assumptions, and behaviors with respect to how
individuals, groups, and organizations act in order to expand your options of approaches
and increase your own effectiveness.

15. Course Description/Contents (as approved by the dept.)

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 The Importance of Interpersonal Skills, Enter Organizational Behavior, Complementing
Intuition with Systematic Study

Disciplines That Contribute to the OB Field

There Are Few Absolutes in OB, Challenges and Opportunities for OB

Diversity:

Implementing Diversity Management Strategies Attracting, Selecting,

Developing, and Retaining Diverse Employees • Diversity in Groups Effective
Diversity Programs
Attitudes:
Attitudes, What Are the Main Components of Attitudes? • Does Behavior Always
Follow from Attitudes? Job Satisfaction , Measuring Job Satisfaction • How
Satisfied Are People in Their Jobs? • What Causes Job Satisfaction? • The Impact
of Satisfied and Dissatisfied Employees on the Workplace
Emotions and Moods:
What Are Emotions and Moods? The Basic Emotions • The Basic Moods: Positive and
Negative Affect • The Function of Emotions • Sources of Emotions and Moods, Emotional
Labor, Affective Events Theory, Emotional Intelligence, The Case for EI

Personality and Perceptions:

 Personality, What Is Personality? • The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator • The
Big Five Personality Model Values , The Importance of Values • Terminal
versus Instrumental Values
 What Is Perception? Factors That Influence Perception , Person Perception:
Making Judgments About Others , Attribution Theory • Common
Shortcuts in Judging Others • Specific Applications of Shortcuts in
Organizations , The Link Between Perception and Individual Decision
Making
Motivation :
Early Theories of Motivation , Hierarchy of Needs Theory • Theory X and
Theory Y • Two-Factor Theory • McClelland’s Theory of Needs,
Contemporary Theories of Motivation, Self-Determination Theory • Job
Engagement • Goal-Setting Theory • Self-Efficacy Theory • Reinforcement
Theory • Equity Theory/Organizational Justice • Expectancy
Leadership:
What Is Leadership? Trait Theories Behavioral Theories, Summary of Trait
Theories and Behavioral Theories, Contingency Theories the Fiedler Model •
Other Contingency Theories , Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) Theory
Charismatic Leadership and Transformational Leadership, Charismatic
Leadership •Transformational Leadership

Practical Work
 N/A

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Teaching Methods
 Lecturing
 Case studies
 Written Assignments
 Class Discussions
 Quizzes and Presentations

16. Number of CLOs = 3

Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLOs Mapping to PLOs
On successful
completion of the
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
course, students
will be able to:
To explain human
behavior in the
workplace in terms
c 2
of individual, group,
and organizational
perspective.
To identify
appropriately how
to react in different
c 1
organizational
situations using OB
concepts
To discuss how
workplace issues
like absenteeism,
motivation, stress,
organizational c 2
justice ,and
employees
satisfaction can be
resolved

17. Course Teaching Methods

1) Interactive learning
2) Self-directed learning
3) Group work

18. Grading Scheme

Mid Term : 25%
Assignment : 10%
Quiz : 10 %

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Final Term : 50 %
Term Project: 5%

19. Grading Scale

Following is the standard Grading scale applicable to all Abasyn University:

A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D F
85-100 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 61-64 58-60 55-57 53-54 50-52 Below 50

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20. Course Weekly Breakdown
Lab Work
Week Topics Covered Assessment
/Activities
OB Is for Everyone, What Do We Mean
1 by Organization? Building Blocks of OB None

2 Rigor of OB, OB Has Few Absolutes -

Assignment # 01,Quiz #
3 Developing an OB Model -
01
Diversity: Levels of Diversity,
Assignment#02
4 Discrimination, Biographical -
characteristics Intellectual Abilities
Implementing Diversity Management
Strategies, factors influencing
perception, Attribution Theory, Rules
5 for Determining Attribution, - Assignment # 03
Fundamental attribution error,
Selective perception People’s, Halo
Effect
-
-
-
- Quiz # 04
Final Term Exam

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