SUKKUR IBA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Organizational Behavior (MGT-406)
Course Outline
1. Course Identification and General Information

Program and Class: BBA (Agribusiness)-VIII Semester: FALL 2023

Credit Hours: 03 Instructor: Dr. Manzoor Ali Mirani
Email: manzoor@iba-suk.edu.pk
Office Location: Room 205, Academic
Block-3, Sukkur IBA University
Pre-requisite Course: Counseling Hours: Monday to Friday:
03:00 pm to 5:00 pm

2. Schedule of Assessment Tasks for Students During the Semester

S.No: Assessment Task (e.g. essay, test, Week Due Proportion of Final
Group project, examination etc.) Assessment/Marks
1 Quizzes As per chapter 05
proceedings
3 Class Participation and Other Activities Throughout the 05
course
Assignments and Projects Throughout the 10
course
4 Mid Term Exam As per Academic 30
Calendar
5 Final Exam As per Academic 50
Calendar

3. Learning Resources
I- Recommended Books:
1. Organizational Behavior by Stephen Robbins & Timothy Judge (18th Edition)
II- Reference Books/Material
1. Human Resource Management (2nd Edition) A Global and Critical Perspective.
Jawad Syed, Robin Kramar
2. 7 Habbits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
3. Self-Assessment Library: Insights Into Your Skills Abilities and Interests by
Arnold Robbins
4. 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene
5. Articles &Cases
III- Electronic Materials, Web Sites etc.

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 IV- Other Learning Material
PowerPoint lecture presentations, assignments and other required readings will be
shared in class.

4. Course Description
This course deals with human behavior in organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case
discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to course topics which include: motivation,
learning and development, group dynamics, leadership, communication, power and influence,
change, diversity, organizational design, and culture. It provides the student with the tools to
understand and evaluate individual, group and organizational processes. This course is intended
to help participants acquire skills and analytic concepts to improve organizational relationships
and effectiveness. The student will also gain an appreciation of the relevance of the study of
organizational behavior.

5. Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

1. Students will be able to demonstrate ability to identify and analyze ethical and behavioral
issues in organizations. (PLO 1.1)
2. Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to critically analyze and evaluate
behavioral issues in businesses. (PLO 3.1)
3. Students will able to take part in team-based projects. (PLO 4.1)
4. Students will understand basic Behavioral knowledge to address business challenges.
(PLO 7.1)
5. Students will be able to demonstrate ability to understand international issues related to
behavior in organizations. (PLO 6.1)

6. Assessment Task Description

a) Quizzes
Quizzes will be MCQs based on foundational knowledge of the subject including theoretical
concepts and partly analysis.

b) Assignments
 Individual Assignment on current issues in OB will be assigned. Students are required
to research the topic and submit a short formal written report on the findings.
 Group assignments will require to conduct small tasks i.e. social activity, survey etc.
The project requires you to work in a group. A full briefing of the project will be
given in early sessions of the course. It is critical that you should establish co-
operative and collaborative working arrangements within your group early on in the
assignment. Although the tutor will regularly monitor the progress on the assignment
and it is your responsibility to inform the tutor if you encounter any problem in
carrying out the project smoothly and experiencing any issue of coordination from
your group member.

c) Class participation
This is a fundamental part of the learning. I would urge students to come prepared in classes
and contribute in developing healthy debate.
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7. Other Important Policies

SUBMISSION OF COURSE WORKS/ASSIGNMENTS/PROJECTS

Students are expected to strictly follow the deadlines of the course works. Late submission will
result in Failure in that particular course work.
Students are expected to submit course works both in hard and soft copy. Students are advised to
send soft copy of the course work through an email and mention course work tile and form
(individual/group) in the subject area of email.

CLASS PARTICIPATION
Students are expected to come prepare in the sessions and show their active participation.

EXPECTATIONS
I expect a class atmosphere of respect for your fellow human beings as we travel this road
together. I also expect a class atmosphere of critical thought and your best efforts. Please come
prepared to participate.

LEAVING THE SESSION

Leaving the session for any purpose will not be appreciated (apart from some extreme
unavoidable cause) and doer will be strictly marked absent in the ONE SESSION.

READINGS
You are expected to read the assigned materials before the class/period. This helps you grasp the
material more fully and creates a better classroom environment.

ATTENDANCE
Your attendance in class is critical to fulfillment of course objectives. You will not be eligible to
appear in the exam if you cross six absences. Late coming, more than Five minutes, would
strictly be marked as absent. The time displayed by class room clock will be observed for
attendance.

STUDY AND PREPARATION

Allow yourself enough time for thoughtful, unhurried reading of the materials. Reading to "beat
the clock" and complete the materials in time for class issueless. Read with an open but not
empty mind to understand and evaluate class ideas. Please make the time to prepare for
discussion ahead of time. Your lack of preparedness will be painfully obvious to you and the
class, so save yourself from the embarrassment and poor grade.

ELECTRONICS
Deactivate all electronic pagers, cell phones, etc during class time. These hours are sacred.

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EXAM HALL DECORUM
In order to maintain the decorum of exam hall, try to understand everything by yourself.
Therefore, asking anything from teacher, fellow or anybody else is strictly prohibited. Bring all
required material (pen, pencil, eraser, scale etc.) with you. Exchange of anything in exam hall
will be penalized.

PLAGIARISM & REFERENCING

You may be tempted to hand in essays, projects or other pieces of assessed course work
containing work that you know is not completely your own, hoping that the tutor won’t notice.
This may be for several reasons such as shortage of time, hoping for a better grade than would be
achievable under a particular set of circumstances or perhaps even lack of knowledge regarding
how to correctly reference the sources of data used. This is plagiarism – it is a matter that the
University takes very seriously indeed - and it usually takes one of four forms.

(a) Copying chunks of text from books, dissertations, journals or the web without
acknowledgement. (It is permissible, even desirable; to quote extensively from the work of
other writers on your subject, but all quotations should be fully referenced).
(b) Paraphrasing ideas from texts without stating their origin. Instead, use phrases such as
“According to Jobber (1995)” or “Wright & Taylor (1994) propose that ...”, or similar
acknowledgement.
(c) Colluding with other students and submitting identical or near identical work.
(d) Copying the work of another student without that student’s consent.

As per the institution’s plagiarism policy, the incorporation of material from other works or a
paraphrase of such material without acknowledgement will be treated as plagiarism subject to the
custom and usage of the subject. Where an examiner identifies a failure to comply fully with the
foregoing this will be regarded as a suspected breach of Regulations by the student concerned
and will be the subject of investigation.

8. Lesson Plan & week wise Schedule

Suggested
Wee Discussion Themes Assignments/Quizzes Reading
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1 Introduction to OB Lecture + Case Chapter 1
The Importance of Interpersonal Skills discussion
Enter Organizational Behavior
Complementing Intuition with Systematic
Study Disciplines That Contribute to the
OB Field
Challenges and Opportunities for OB
2 Diversity in Organizations Lecture + Assignment Chapter 2
Diversity & Levels of Diversity

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 Biographical Characteristics Ability
Implementing Diversity Management
Strategies
3 Attitude and Job Satisfaction Lecture + Discussion Chapter 3
Attitudes & its main Components
What Are the Major Job Attitudes?
Job Satisfaction & its Measuring
How Satisfied Are People in Their Jobs?
What Causes Job Satisfaction?
The Impact of Satisfied and Dissatisfied
Employees on the Workplace.
4 Personality and Values Lecture + Assignment Chapter 4
Personality
Values
Linking an Individual’s Personality and
Values to the Workplace
International Values
5 Perception and Individual Decision Making Lecture + Quiz Chapter 5
What Is Perception?
Person Perception
The Link Between Perception and Individual
Decision Making
6 Decision Making in Organizations Lecture + Assignment Chapter 5
Influences on Decision Making:
Individual Differences and Organizational
Constraints
What About Ethics in Decision Making?
7 Emotions and Moods Lecture + Case Chapter 6
What Are Emotions and Moods? Discussion
Emotional Labor
Affective Events Theory
Emotional Intelligence
OB Applications of Emotions and Moods
Selection.
Midterm Examination

8 Motivation Lecture + Assignment Chapter 8

Defining Motivation
Early Theories of Motivation v/s
Contemporary Theories
Motivating by Job Design Employee
Involvement
Using Rewards & Benefits to Motivate
Employees
Implications for managers

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9 Application of the concepts and theories of Lecture + Case Chapter 8
Motivation Discussion
MBO
Job Engagement
Job Involvement
Employee perks and benefits
Various policies and provisions for facilitating
employees

10 Group Behavior and Teams Lecture + Case Chapter 9

Studying Groups Discussion
Difference between teams and groups
Types of teams
Characteristics of effective Teams
Differentiating Groups & Teams
Implications for managers
11 Leadership Lecture + Assignment Chapter 13
What Is Leadership?
Trait Theories Behavioral Theories
Contingency Theories
Implications for managers
12 Contemporary Leadership Theories Lecture + Assignment Chapter 13
Ethical Leadership
Visionary Leadership
Authentic Leadership
Charismatic Leadership
Transformational leadership
13 Conflict Management Lecture + Case Chapter 18
A Definition of Conflict Transitions in discussion
Conflict Thought
The Conflict Process Stage
Implications for managers
14 Presentations

15 Course Revision

Final Exam