ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOUR

Paper Code: 
BSG 417
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OUTCOMES (COS):

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

 
 

CO 155: Demonstrate the applicability of the concepts of organizational behavior to understand the behavior of people in the organization.

CO 156: Understand and apply different motivational theories and methods to increase the productivity and job satisfaction of employees.

CO 157: Display suitable skills for enhancing group cohesiveness and improving output by teams.

CO 158: Analyze the organizational environment on group dimensions like Politics, Power, Stress, Conflicts which will help in smooth functioning of organizations.

CO 159: Devise plans for successful implementation of changes in the organizations.

 

Approach in teaching

 

Powerpoint Presentation, interactive lectures, case study analysis, Sharing of video links, review session.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Role plays, Reading assignments, case study analysis

 

Assignments, Mid semester test, Semester end examination, Quiz, case Presentation by students

  

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Organization Behavior
 
• Concepts, scope and importance of studying Organization Behavior
• Disciplines contributing organization behavior 
• Individual Behaviour: Perception - Meaning, characteristics, perceptual process Perceptual selectivity,Perceptual Organization
• Personality-Meaning, theories of personality-psychoanalytical theory ,socio-psychological theory, trait theory and self theory
• Motivation: Meaning, theories of Motivation-maslow theory, herzbergs theory, McGregor theory, Alderfer theory
10.00
Unit II: 
Group behavior
 
• Meaning, Importance
• Process of Group Formation 
• Types of Groups, Factors influencing group behaviour,
• Group cohesiveness, factors affecting group cohesiveness. 
• Team: Meaning, difference between team and group, Types of teams, techniques of effective team building.
8.00
Unit III: 
Organizational Power
 
• Meaning, characteristics
• Classification of power, contingency approaches to power. 
• Politics: Meaning, Reasons of politics
9.00
Unit IV: 
Conflicts
 
• Meaning, Reasons of conflict, types of conflict, Process of conflict, management of conflict. 
• Stress: Meaning, reasons of stress, types of stress, effect of stress, strategies for coping stress
6.00
Unit V: 
Organizational change
 
• Meaning, reasons, types, process of change,résistance to change, management of change
Essential Readings: 
• Ashwathappa K. “ OrganizationalBehaviour”,Himalaya Publishing House, Latest Edition
• Stephen P. Robins, Organizational Behaviour, Prentice-Hall of Indian Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. Latest edition
• Prasad L M., “Organization Behaviour”, Sultan Chand and Sons, New Delhi.Latest edition
 
 
 
References: 
 
• Rao P Subba, “Organizational Behaviour”, Himalaya Publishing House,Latest Edition 
• Luthans, Fred, OrganisationalBehaviour McGraw-Hill Education Pvt. Ltd.LatestEdition
• Davies, Keth, OrganisationalBehaviour (Human Behaviour at work), Tata McGrawHill, NewDelhi.
• Singh Kavita., “Organizational Behaviour”,Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. Latest edition
 
 
e-RESOURCES
• Organizational Behavior Luthans, Fred,McGraw Hill Education, https://www.expresslibrary.mheducation.com/bookshelf
• Organizational Theory 3e(Revised Adap), Robbins,Pearson,  Elibrary.in.pearson.com
 
 
JOURNALS
• Organization Behaviour
• Journal of Organization and Human Behaviour http://publishingindia.com
• South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, http:// sagepub.com
 
Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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