ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Paper Code: 
BSG 324
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes

Course Outcome

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to -

CO79: Students will learn application of OB frameworks, tools, and concepts can enhance individual, group, and organizational effectiveness.

 

CO80: Students will evaluate individuals performance and outcomes through application of concepts namely personality, perception, learning.

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CO81: Students will design suitable motivational plans and apply various theories to stimulate the working of employees.

CO82: Students will analyze the organizational environment on group dimensions like Politics, Power, Stress, Conflicts which will help in smooth functioning of organizations.

 

CO83: Students will devise plans for successful implementation of changes in the organizations

CO84:  Students will evaluate and predict employees’ behaviour and apply suitable theories to stimulate their working     .

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, PPT, Sharing web links .Self learning assignments, Role plays, presentation, Real life examples from newspapers, business magazines and web sources. case study discussions. 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects
     

 

18.00
Unit I: 
  • Organization Behaviour: Concept, Nature, Disciplines Contributing to OB,
  • Challenges in OB, Hawthorne Experiments and Human Relations.

 

18.00
Unit II: 
  • Individual Dimension:
  • Personality: Concept, Determinants, Theories
  • Perception: Concept, Perceptual Process, Interpersonal Perception
  • Learning: Concept, Theories of Learning.

 

18.00
Unit III: 
  • Motivation: Concept, McClelland’s need theory, Alderfer’s ERG theory, Vroom’s Expectancy theory, Porter-Lawler Model, Equity theory.

 

18.00
Unit IV: 

·         Group Dimensions:

·         Organizational Power: Meaning, classification of power, contingency approaches to power.

·         Politics: Meaning, reasons of politics, Political implications of power.

·         Conflicts: Meaning, Reasons of conflict, Management of Conflict.

Stress: Meaning, reasons of stress, types of stress, effect of stress, strategies for coping stress

18.00
Unit V: 
  • Organizational Change; Meaning, reasons, types, process of change, resistance to change, management of change.
  • Recent trends in Organizational Behaviour

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Ashwathappa K. Organizational Behaviour. Himalaya Publishing House.
  • Stephen P. Robins, Organizational Behaviour, Prentice-Hall of Indian Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
  • Prasad, L.M., Organizational behavior. S. Chand, New Delhi

 

References: 
  • Rao P Subba, Organizational Behaviour. Himalaya Publishing House.
  • Luthans, Fred, Organisational Behaviour. McGraw-Hill Education Pvt. Ltd.
  • Davies, Keth, Organisational Behaviour (Human Behaviour at work). Tata McGrawHill, NewDelhi.
  • Singh Kavita. Organizational Behaviour. Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

Note: Latest edition of the readings may be used.

 

e-RESOURCES

 

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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