Organizational Behavior &

Human Resource Management

Ruo MO
Montpellier business school
Fall, 2023
 • Ruo MO (UB1)
Email: r.mo@montpellier-bs.com

• Philippe MORIN (UB2)

Your Professors Email: p.morin@montpellier-bs.com

In case of any question, use the exchange forum for

your UB to your professor.
• Where are you from?
• Professional aspirations?
• Anything you won’t put in your CV?
• Anything you would like to impress the
class with?
A little bit about this
course
• Some elements of the course may seem like
‘already done’ before.
• Organizational behavior and human resource
are complementary (both go hand in hand)
• To pass this course you need ：
• Common sense
• Regularly attending class
• Revising the notes
• Regular participation in the class is necessary
• Debate
• Discussion
A consciously coordinated social unit,
composed of two or more people, that
functions on a relatively continuous basis to
achieve a common goal or set of goals
A field of study that investigates the impact that
individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior
within organization, for the purpose of applying
such knowledge toward improving an organization’s
effectiveness.
Levels of Investigation

•Human resource
strategy

•Effective teamwork
•Leadership

•Personality and values

•Motivation
•Emotion
 Activities undertaken by organizations to
HRM effectively utilize its human resources.
• Write down some of the issues in workplace that you
believe fall under the domain of Human Resource
Management ( just key words – example hiring, firing
etc)
 Evaluation

Continuous Assessment (50%) Exam (50%)

Group Project (case study, management Short essay questions, testing application
goes to movies) of course concepts and theories
Class participation
Case Study Analysis

Present the Identify of the Explain of the

situation problem problem

Present possible
solutions / risk Additional
associated with research
this solution
Group Assignment:
Management Goes
to the Movies
• Your group assignment in this course
will be to choose one management film
from a list provided, and to analyze this
film using the guidelines provided
below.

• You will be required to present your

film and findings to the class. All
members of your group must
participate and present to the class.
• You will also be required to hand in a written report
on the film. Please use each of the “items” in the list
(provided in the document in moodle) to outline
your paper and differentiate the sections.

• You will be graded on your use and understanding of

each of the items, your identification and analysis of
various management concepts and theories used in
the film, and your application of topics we discussed
in class to study your chosen film.
Evaluation
expectations: ‘Items’
to outline your
writing

• Premise
• Characterization
• Structure & Plot
• Dialogue
• Scenes
• Management Concept: Human
Resources
• Management Concept:
Organizational Behavior
• Business Administration Concept
 Additional questions for consideration

WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF WHAT BUSINESS LESSONS WOULD YOU ACT/REACT
ETHICS (IF ANY) IN THIS WERE LEARNED? THE SAME WAY AS CERTAIN
FILM? CHARACTERS IN THE FILM?
Evaluation
expectations: For
PPT Presentation

• Estheticism of the Powerpoint

presentation
• Your spoken English & your elocution
and the expression
• Coordination between all members of
the group
• Do not read the text
• Respect the given time
• Engagement of audience
• Illustration with examples, references
and information
 Don’t forget:

Send your PPT by 5pm the Your written report is due on the day of your
day before your presentation. Please mail it to your professor
presentation to your (Don’t forget to mention your UB, your group
professor. number and the name of the movie in the
cover page).
Go find your groups!

No changes in the
5 to 6 people in group composition
each group is possible
afterwards.
Management Film Options

• 1. Norma Rae (1979; worker’s rights in the textile

industry, diversity, leadership)
• 2. Patton (1970; leadership, decision making and
politics)
• 3. Office Space (1999; satirical look at corporate
culture, computer industry, counterproductive
workplace behavior)
• 4. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit (1956;
conformist business culture post WW2)
• 5. Inside Job (2010; overview of the financial crisis)
• 6. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992; focuses on salesmen,
corporate culture, organizational management)
• 7. In Good Company (2004; corporate takeover,
diversity)
• 8. Social Network (2010; the making of Facebook,
innovation)
• 9. The Godfather (Part 1) (1970; mafia, groups,
leadership)
• 10. Wall Street (Original version) (1987; corporate
raider, capitalism at all costs)
• 11. 12 Angry Men (1957; decision
making, group influence)
• 12. Up in the Air (2009; personality,
career management, values)
• 13. Citizen Kane (1941; leadership)
• 14. Mutiny on the Bounty (workers’
rights, human rights abuses on ships)
• 15. Working Girl (1988; career
management, gender issues)
• 16. The Devil Wears Prada (2006; corporate culture in
the magazine industry, treatment of employee,
boss/employee relations)
• 17. Jerry Maguire (sports agents, firing, corporate
culture)
• 18. Woman of the Year (1942; work-life balance,
values, power)
• 19. Thank you for smoking (2006; satirical look at the
life of a tobacco spokesman, with a somewhat loaded
and simplistic view of integrity, cognitive dissonance)
• 20. Erin Brockovich (2000; corporate pollution, harm
to communities, whistleblowing)
• 21. The Company Men (2010; analyzes the
effects of corporate downsizing)
• 22. Ressources Humaines (Fr)
• 23. Violence des echanges en millieu tempere
(Fr)
• 24. Sabrina
• 25. Clerks (1994; slacker generation coming to
terms with work-life issues, diversity, values)
• 26. Goodfellas (1990; organized crime as business,
ethics)
• 27. The Firm (1993; values, conformity)
• 28. Nine-to-five (1980; gender issues, unethical
treatment of employees)
• 29. You’ve got mail (1998; big business vs.
independent ownership, values)
• 30. Quiz show (1994; scandal, politics and
communication)
• 31. Tootsie (1982; gender, conformation, roles)
• 32. Michael Clayton (2007; conflict between
business and personal responsibilities)
• 33. The Insider (1999; Tobacco industry,
breaking confidentiality)
• 34. Serpico (NYC police, groupthink,
whistleblowing, authority)
• 35. The Apartment
• 36. Lord of the Flies
• 37. The Intern (2015)
 Resources and Notes

• All case studies will be posted to Moodle

• All PPT slides will be posted on Moodle, however, you should be prepared
to take notes in class for anything extra that we cover.
• *Please note carefully your group presentation date