Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons)
Course Title : Organizational Behavior
Course Code : BUS 250
Year of Study : 2
Number of Credits : 3 credits
Duration in Weeks : 12 weeks
Contact Hours Per Week : 3 hours
Pre-requisite Course(s) : BUS 120 Principles and Practice of Management
Course Aims
The course provides students with a conceptual and a pragmatic approach to understand the employees’ behavior in the organization. This course equips students with the knowledge and skills required to diagnose problems of organizational behaviors, and enhance students’ skills to manage the work behavior of employees at the individual, team, and organizational level.
Teaching Approach
The course will be
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|To make high-quality work decisions |
|6. |To motivate individuals of different work needs |
|7. |To promote good cooperative and efficient work teams |
|8. |To differentiate various style of leadership behaviors |
|Attitude | |
|9. |To develop a good job attitude |
|10. |To balance inequity of power |
|11. |To handle work stress in a positive way |
|12. |To accommodate to work-force diversity |
Course Contents, Learning Outcomes and Weighting
|Content |LO No. |Teaching |
4. Briefly describe the elements of the formal and the informal organization. Give examples of each.
Classical organization theory evolved during the first half of this century. It represents the merger of scientific management, bureaucratic theory, and administrative theory.
Organizational behavior is the study on how organizational structures affect behavior of its employees within the organization. Organizational systems is the structure that an organizations uses to organize its functions and assign responsibility to its employees. Organizational behavior in any criminal justice organization is how the superiors and the employees relate
For the group project our group chose option A, to design and implement a community service project. We chose to help the North Shore Animal League based in Port Washington, New York. We think this is an important charity to help because the organization receives no federal funding and relies solely on donations from the public. North Shore Animal league is one of the largest no-kill shelters and they have saved close to 1 million cats, dogs, kittens and puppies to date.
negative. And if an employee is indifferent to a reward, valence is 0. The total range is
2. _____ is a structured social system consisting of groups and individuals working together to meet some agreed-upon objective.
“Organizational behavior is a misnomer. It is not the study of how organizations behave, but rather the study of individual behavior in an organizational setting. This includes the study of how individuals behave alone, as well as how individuals behave in groups(Werthiem, 2004).” The purpose of organizational behavior is to gain a greater understanding of those factors that influence individual and
Understanding organizational behavior is important for everyone involved in an organization, not just the leadership and management teams. By gaining and understanding this knowledge each employee should be able to realize how their individual actions contribute to the big picture of the company. In order to understand this there are some key concepts and terminology that must be explained to make the learning process more manageable.
Organizational Behavior is the study and use of knowledge about how people in general, and individuals and groups in particular, act in organizations. It does this by using a system approach in this case. It explains relationships between people and organizations in terms of the person, the entire group, all the organization, and all the social system. Its objective is to establish better relationships by achieving human purposes,
The exploration of the theories, research and practices that allow a better understanding of human behavior in organizations. Topics include motivation and
The learning and implementation of organizational behavior is one of the most substantial fundamentals in the
I believe that the relationship between the study of Organizational Behavior and the effective management of people in organizations is absolutely direct. It is impossible to manage people in organization effectively without knowledge about OB, organizational structure, communicational skills, empoyees’ satisfaction, motivation, change process, etc. It is impossible to solve any problem or conflict in the organization without understanding of the rules of Organizational Behavior. Whenever people interact in organizations, many factors come into play. Modern organizational studies attempt to understand and model these factors. Like all modernist social sciences, organizational studies seek to
The report seeks to highlight the intricacies in the role of Bank Manager in a retail branch of the banking industry. The aim
A Strong culture is very important in improving performances at organizations by emphasizing concepts like ‘being the best’, innovation, superior quality & of being open participative companies in which employees are seen as the most valuable asset. (Peters & Waterman 1982: p 285, cited in Organizational behaviour & work by Fiona M Wilson).
Q1.Using the Assessment tools we have discussed in unit 6, (McKinsey 7-S framework, Balanced Scorecard, SWOT Analysis etc) provide a complete assessment of the company you are currently working for. If you were CEO what would you change and why - provide your recommendation with a Before and After Organizational chart. - If you are not working at this time - use a past employer.