Organizational behaviour
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Organizational Behavior is a junior level management/general education diversity course. This course is required of all business majors. OB is the prerequisite for several of the management electives, including Human Resource Management, Interpersonal Relations, and Organizational Development.
Course description:
An analysis of human work behavior at the individual, interpersonal, team and organizational levels. Emphasis is on the development of interpersonal competencies to allow individuals to effectively work as managers or professionals in the rapidly changing, team-oriented, culturally diverse and technologically integrated global climate facing modern organizations. Includes topics such as personality and attitudes, perception and attribution, motivation, communication, work stress, group and team dynamics, leadership, decision making, quality, ethics, job and organization design, conflict management, organizational culture and politics, and organizational change. Varied classroom approaches include lectures, cases, team projects, presentations and other experiential training techniques.
MAIN TOPICS
Characteristics of work organizations
Effective leadership
Managing groups and teams
Managing employee stress
HR Management – recruitment and selection
Performance management
Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures
Personal Management Competences
New technologies in the workplace
Change management