Organizational Behaviour

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

Course Objectives:

 

The course will enable students to -

  1. Acquaint the students with the basic concepts of organization behavior.
  2. To create a workforce with desirable behaviors.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES (Cos):

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

BSG  324

Organizational Behavior

(Theory)

The students will be able to –

 

CO64: Understand how application of OB frameworks, tools, and concepts can enhance individual, group, and organizational effectiveness.

 

CO65: Understand individual behaviour in organizations namely personality, perception, learning.

 

CO66: Understand the concept of motivation and application of various theories to stimulate the working of employees. 

CO67: Identify and analyze the group dimensions like Politics, Power, Stress, Conflicts which are essential for effective organizational working.

 

CO68: Understand the meaning, reasons, types of changes in the organization and to analyse the ways to manage the changes.       .

Approach in teaching:

 

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, PPT, Sharing web links .

 

Learning activities for the students:

 

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.

Essential Readings: 

1. Robbins, Stephen P., Organizational behavior:Concepts, Controversies, Applications, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi. 2. Prasad, L.M., Organizational behaviour, S.Chand, New Delhi. 3. Buchanan, David, Organizational behaviour, Prentice Hall. 4. McKenna, E. F. Business psychology and organisational behaviour: a student's handbook. Psychology Press. 5. McShane, S., & Travaglione, A. Organisational behaviour on the Pacific Rim. McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

References: 

Johns, Gary and Saks, Michael, Organizational Behaviour: Understanding and Managing Life at work, Pearson Prentice Hall, Toronto.

2. Davis, Keith and Newstrom, John W., Human behaviour at work: Organization behaviour, McGraw-Hill International Editions Management Series, New York.

3. Colquitt, J. A., Lepine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. Organizational Behavior .New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

4. Moorhead, G., & Griffin, R. W. Organizational behavior: Managing people and organizations . Boston. Houghton Mifflin

5. Luthans, Fred, Organizational behaviour¸ McGraw Hill Series in Management.

Note: Latest edition of the readings may be used.

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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