Organisational Behaviour

Course Code : ORG 501 Level : MBA

Semester : II Semester Credit Hours : 4

Course Objective:
This course is essentially on Organizational but includes Organizational Designs because of
their behavioral implications. The segment on Organizational Behavior covers the
contributions of behavioral scientists in analyzing, understanding, predicting and possibly
modifying behavior of people in organizations. The behavior of people will be viewed at the
individual, interpersonal and group levels and will include application of concepts and
processes such as personality, perception, attitude, learning, motivation, decision making,
communication, conflict, cultural change and leadership in organizations.

Course Title
L T L+T
Introduction
The Importance of Interpersonal Skills
What Managers Do
Enter Organizational Behaviour
Complementing Intuition with Systematic Study 3 2 5
Disciplines That Contribute to the OB Field
There Are Few Absolutes in OB
Challenges and Opportunities for OB
Coming Attractions: Developing an OB Model
Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
Attitudes 2 - 2
Job Satisfaction
Personality and Values
Personality
Values
Linking an Individual’s Personality and Values to the 2 1 3
Workplace
International Values
 Perception and Individual Decision Making
What Is Perception?
Person Perception: Making Judgments About Others
The Link Between Perception and Individual Decision
Making 4 2 6
Decision Making in Organizations
Influences on Decision Making: Individual Differences and
Organizational Constraints
What About Ethics in Decision Making?
Motivation
Defining Motivation
Early Theories of Motivation 2 1 3
Contemporary Theories of Motivation
Integrating Contemporary Theories of Motivation
Motivation: From Concepts to Applications
Motivating by Job Design: The Job Characteristics Model
Employee Involvement 3 1 4
Using Rewards to Motivate Employees

Case base presentation & Assignment Activities - 4 4

Foundations of Group Behavior
Defining and Classifying
Groups Stages of Group
Development 3 1 4
Group Properties: Roles, Norms, Status, Size,
Cohesiveness, and Diversity
Group Decision Making
Understanding Work Teams
Why Have Teams Become So Popular?
Differences Between Groups and
Teams Types of Teams 4 2 6
Creating Effective Teams
Turning Individuals into Team Players
Beware! Teams Aren’t Always the
Answer
Communication
Functions of Communication
The Communication Process
Direction of Communication
Interpersonal Communication
4 3 7
Organizational
Communication
Choice of Communication
Channel Persuasive
Communications
Barriers to Effective
 Leadership
What Is Leadership?
Trait Theories
Behavioral Theories
Contingency
Theories 5 1 6
Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) Theory
Charismatic Leadership and Transformational
Leadership Authentic Leadership: Ethics and Trust
Leading for the Future: Mentoring
Challenges to the Leadership Construct
Finding
Conflictand
andCreating Effective Leaders
Negotiation
A Definition of Conflict
Transitions in Conflict 2 1 3
Thought The Conflict Process
Negotiation
Foundations of Organization Structure
What Is Organizational
Structure? Common
2 2 4
Organizational Designs New
Design Options
Why Do Structures Differ?
OrganizationalCulture,
Organizational Designs and Employee Behavior
Organizational Change
and Stress Management
What Is Organizational
Culture? What Do Cultures
Do?
Creating and Sustaining 5 2 7
Culture Forces for Change
Planned Change
Resistance to
Change
Approaches to Managing Organizational
Final Presentation & Assignment Activities with
- 4 4
report Submission
Total contact hours 41 28 69

Basic Books:
 Organizational Behavior / Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge. — 15th ed. Pearson
Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall.
 Organizational Behaviour, 4th Edition, Gary Johns, Harper-Collins College Publishers, N.Y. 1996.