MC4022 Organizational Behavior Syllabus:
MC4022 Organizational Behavior Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To enable the students to understand the Organizational Behavior
To analyse various factors affecting Personality Organizational Change
dynamic of groups
To Understand various type of Group Behavior
UNIT I ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR INTRODUCTION
Organization Behaviour – Definition – Scope and Application in Management – Contributions of Other Disciplines to OB. Emerging Issues in Organizational Behaviour- Organizational behaviour models
UNIT II INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES
Personality – types – Factors influencing personality– Theories. Emotions – Theories – Emotional Intelligence- Learning – Types of learners – The learning process – Learning theories. Perceptions – Importance – Factors influencing perception- Attitudes – Nature of Attitudes Components of Attitudes Formation of Attitude Benefits of Positive Attitude Functions of Attitudes– Measurement-Motivation – Importance – Types – Theories.
UNIT III LEADERSHIP AND POWER
Meaning – Importance – Leadership styles – Theories – Leaders Vs Managers – Sources of power – Power centers – Power and Politics.
UNIT IV GROUP DYNAMICS
Meaning – Types of Groups – Functions of Small Groups – Group Size Status – Managerial Implications – Group Behaviour – Group Norms – Cohesiveness – Group Thinking
UNIT V ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT
Organizational Change: Meaning – Nature of Work Change – Need for Change – Change Process – Types of Change – Factors Influencing Change – Resistance to Change – Overcoming Resistance – Organizational Development: Meaning and Different Types of OD Interventions
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
1. To analyze and understand the impact of various functional modules on the behaviour of individuals with real time examples like buying behavior of consumers in supermarkets.
2. To Analyze and understand the Perception of individuals and performance based on situations like an individual’s effectiveness in the workplace( often depends on their personality, attitudes and values along with their motivation) to succeed.
3. Conduct a group discussion among 10 members on some topic and write a report on analysis of behaviour of team members in group decision making
4. Justify the selection of team members for executing a project with the analysis of various factors like domain expertise ,communication skill of members etc
5. To study the Performance of employees on organizational change with respect to environment
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course should be able to:
CO1:Students will have a better understanding of human behavior in organization.
CO2:They will know the framework for managing individual and group performance.
CO3:Characteristics of attitudes and components of attitudes — A brief discussion
CO4:List the determinants of personality
CO5:List the characteristics of various leadership styles.
REFERENCES
1. K. Aswathappa, “Organisational behaviour”, Himalaya Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.11thEdition.
2. Stephen P. Robbins, “Organizational Behavior”, PHI Learning / Pearson Education, Edition 17, 2016 (Global edition)
3. Fred Luthans, “Organizational Behavior”, McGraw Hill, 12th Edition
4. Nelson, Quick, Khandelwal. “ORGB – An innovative approach to learning and teaching”. Cengage, 2nd edition 2012
5. Ivancevich, Konopaske Matteson, “Organizational Behaviour & Management”, Tata McGraw Hill, 7th edition, 2008