Organizational Behaviour

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

The objective of this subject is to acquaint the students with the basic concepts of organization behaviour.

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  (Latest edition)
  2. Prasad, L.M., Organizational behaviour, S.Chand, New Delhi
  3. Buchanan, David, Organizational behaviour, Prentice Hall, 2004.
References: 

1. Johns, Gary and Saks, Michael, Organizational Behaviour: Understanding and Managing Life at work, Pearson Prentice Hall, Toronto, 2005

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

 

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

 

4. Rao, V. S. P., and Narayana, D. S., Organization theory and behaviour, Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

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