Organizational Behavior

Course Code: BBA 214

Credit Hour: 3

Course Group: Core Courses

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The dynamics of people and organizations: understanding organizational behavior – fundamental concepts – basic approaches.

Models of OB: OB systems – models of OB.

Social systems & organizational cultures: social culture – role status – organizational culture.

Motivation: model of motivation – human needs – goal setting – expectancy model – equity model.

Appraising and rewarding system: a complete program – OB and performance appraisal – economic incentive systems.

Leadership: nature of leadership – behavioral approaches of leadership style – contingency approaches of leadership style.

Empowerment and participation: the nature of empowerment and participation – how participation works – programs for participation – important considerations in participation.

Employee attitude and their effects: nature of employee attitudes – effects of employee attitude – changing employee attitudes.

Interpersonal behavior: conflict in organizations – sources of conflict – model of conflict – assertive behavior – power and politics.

Informal and formal groups: group dynamics – types of groups – nature of informal organizations – benefits of informal organizations – monitoring informal organizations – formal groups.

Teams and team building: organizational context for teams – teamwork – team building.

Managing change: change at work – resistance to change – implementing change successfully – understanding organizational development.

Stress and Counseling: employee stress – employee counseling – types of counseling.

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Text Book:

S. P. Robbins, Organizational Behavior, prentice hall India Ltd., New Delhi, India

Reference Books:

K. Davis, Human Behavior at Work, McGraw Hill book company, New York, USA Robert kreitner and Angelo Kinicki, Organizational Behavior, Irwin McGraw-Hill, Boston, USA