The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Bryan School of Business and Economics
Department of Business Administration
Fall 2015
COURSE NUMBER: MGT 312.05
COURSE TITLE: Human Behavior in Business Organizations
CREDITS: 3
PREREQUISITES/COREQUISITES: Students enrolled in MGT 312 must have achieved at least
sophomore standing (31 or more earned credit hours, not including this term) at the beginning
of the semester in which you take MGT 312 and a minimum GPA of 2.0. Any student who does
not meet these requirements will be administratively dropped from the course. There is no
guarantee that this administrative drop will be processed before drop/add week is over, so if
you lack the prerequisites, drop yourself so you may add another course in its place before the
first week’s end.
FOR WHOM Planned: Undergraduate students in the Management, Human
Resources, or Business Administration degree programs
INDTRUCTOR INFORMATION:
Instructor:
Willie M. Wooldridge
E-mail:
wmwooldr@uncg.edu
Office number:
(919)556-1037
Text:
Organizational Behavior – A Practical, Problem Solving
Approach, Angelo Kinicki and Mel Fugate, McGraw-Hill, 2016
MGT 312 COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this course, you should be knowledgeable about major concepts, theories and skills of
Organizational Behavior. The learning outcomes for this course are the following:
1. Give specific examples of how the U.S. workplace is becoming more heterogeneous in terms of
gender, race, ethnicity, and age.
2. Identify the stages of group development and explain the managerial responses appropriate to each
stage.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of interpersonal awareness by explaining different styles of conflict
resolution and negotiation techniques.
4. Provide an example of an ethical issue pertinent to leadership today.
5. Predict how perception and attribution affect the decision making process.
6. Explain and give examples of how personality, values and motivation affect employees’ performance.
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7. Identify and explain the dimensions of organizational structure and culture and the steps of
organizational change.
TEACHING METHODS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR ACHIEVING LEARNING OUTCOMES:
This is an on-line course and students will be required to read assigned materials each week. In
addition, students must enter into a discussion forum multiple times each week and participate in
an on-line discussion of course material and current events. Exams will consist of weekly quizzes
and section exams. The instructor will interact with students via the exams and the on-line
discussion forum each week. In addition the instructor will interact with students individually
when necessary to assist the student with problems or special circumstances. The Introductory
section on Canvas will outline course schedule and specific information related to student
responsibilities and instructor expectations of students. All students should read the introductory
documents and relay any questions or concerns to the instructor.
EVALUATIONS AND GRADING:
The final grade for the course will be based on the following assignments
Participation and Discussion
1/3
Exams
1/3
Quizzes
1/3
Grading Scale:
A+
98-100%
A
94-97%
A-
90-93%
B+
87-89%
B
83-86%
B-
80-82%
C+
77-79%
C
73-76%
C-
70-72%
D+
67-69%
D
63-66%
D-
60-62%
F
59% and below
TOPICAL OUTLINE/CALENDAR:
Week 1
Introduction
Week 2 Making OB Work for Me
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Week 3 Values and Attitudes
Week 4 Individual Differences and Emotions
Week 5 Social Perception and Managing Diversity
Week 6 Foundations of Employee Motivation
Week 7 Performance Management
Week 8 Positive Organizational Behavior
Week 9 Groups and Teams
Week 10 Communication in the Digital Age
Week 11 Managing Conflict
Week 12 Decision Making and Creativity
Week 13 Power, Influence, and Politics and Leadership Effectiveness
Week 14 Organizational Culture, Organizational Design
Week 15 Managing Change
TOPICAL COVERAGE:
The following topics will be covered in MGT 312.
Organizational systems and processes including organizational structure and design, work design
and the effects of technology, human resource management, organizational change & stress
management.
Group behavior including stages of group development, group structure and processes, group
decision making including groupthink and groupshift, work teams, leadership, power & politics,
conflict, and negotiation techniques.
Individual behavior concepts such as ability, personality, learning, values, attitudes, perception,
attribution, motivation, individual decision making, & ethical dimensions of decision making;
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY:
Each student is required is required to sign the Academic Integrity Policy. You can review that
police at http://sa.uncg.edu/handbook/academic-integrity-policy/
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Students are expected to attend class each week on-line via course work
or the discussion forum. If special circumstances should arise students are expected to contact
the instructor to make other arrangements.
Professor’s Expectations of Students:
Learning is the active process of acquiring new knowledge, behaviors, and skills and it is the goal
of the instruction in this class. Expectations and responsibilities are detailed in the documents
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“How This Class Works” and How Do I Make a Good Grade.” Please read and understand those
documents.
The Bryan School has also provided faculty and student guidelines for classroom and learning
expectations. More detailed information regarding faculty and student guidelines can be found
at http://www.uncg.edu/bae/faculty_student_guidelines.pdf.
This document provides more
specifics on classroom expectations of both students and faculty and they will be enforced in this
class.
Student violations of any of the policies and procedures included in this syllabus may be subject
to removal from the course and/or university policies addressing the learning environment.
Student Responsibilities and Rights:
Students are expected to assist in the maintaining of the on-line classroom environment that is
conducive to learning. Inappropriate behavior in the classroom shall result, minimally, in a request
to leave the on-line class that may be temporary or permanent. If at any time students feel that
their learning experience is being disrupted, I encourage you to contact me to discuss
confidentially and I will address in class. More detailed information regarding student conduct in
class can be found at www.studentconduct.uncg.edu/policy.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Students are expected to have a working competency of the internet and specifically Canvas to
participate in the class.
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