Organizational Behavior (MGMT317)

This course provides an overview and analysis of various behavioral concepts affecting human behaviour in business organisations, with emphasis on research, theory, and practice.

• Introducing Organizational Behavior
• Values, Personality and Individual Differences
• Motivation and Job Design
• Rewards, Performance Management and How Groups Work
• Teamwork, Team Performance, Power and Politics
• Leadership Theories and Emerging Leadership Perspectives
• Decision Making and Communication
• Organizational Conflict, Negotiation, Culture and Development
• Organization Goals, Structures, Strategic Capabilities and Design

• Explain the origins and foundations of organizational behavior, including processes and consequences of those processes.
• Examine the various theories of leadership, comparing and contrasting them, showing similarities and differences.
• Assess the process of individual and group decision making, and demonstrate when each should be used.
• Examine group dynamics, power and influence in organizations, and explain how they are interrelated.
• Explain how the process of perception and diversity influences the management processes and contributes to individual differences.
• Describe sources of conflict and stress in organizations and illustrate ways of effectively managing them.
• Compare the various theories of motivation and describe how managers can best use them with employees.
• Evaluate the various types of performance appraisals and analyze how they relate to organizations’ development.
• Describe the process of job design and explore the steps taken in organizational design and structure.
• Analyze how organizations adapt to and confront change, both internal and external, in the larger society.