FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT: PSYCHOLOGY
PREPARED BY: PSYCHOLOGY DEPT.
DATE: FALL 2014
COURSE TITLE:
Organizational Behavior
COURSE CODE:
BUS/PSY 311
CREDITS:
3
CONTACT HOURS: 45
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
PSY 311W Organizational Behavior (Writing Intensive)
This upper-division course presents the concepts of organizational behavior and structure as well
as topics relating to motivation content and process theories; group communications and
dynamics; decision making; causes and resolutions of organizational conflicts; and factors
pertaining to influence, power, and politics in organizations. This is a writing-intensive course.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 109 or PSY 101 and EGL 101 with a C or higher.
(3,0) Credits: 3
Students will not get credit for both BUS311 and PSY311.
PREREQUISITES:
BUS 211, or PSY 101, PSY 130, or PSY 131 or permission from
Department Chairperson.
REQUIRED FOR:
I/O Psychology Concentration of proposed BS Applied
Psychology, and the course is required for the BS in Technical
Communications
ELECTIVE FOR:
AS Business Administration, B.S. Industrial Tech., B.S. Applied
Psychology (Proposed).
TEXT CURRENTLY
IN USE:
Organizational Behavior,15th Edition, by Stephen Robbins,
Prentice-Hall Publishing.
BUS/PSY311 Behavioral Objectives
1.
demonstrate knowledge of the history of the field of organizational behavior.
2.
demonstrate understanding of the basic models of organizational structure.
3.
demonstrate understanding of basic job design models.
4.
demonstrate understanding of theories of employee motivation.
5.
demonstrate understanding of causes of organizational stress and stress management
techniques.
6.
demonstrate understanding of organizational group formation and dynamics.
7.
demonstrate understanding of organizational communication.
8.
demonstrate understanding of organizational decision making.
9.
demonstrate understanding of the causes, implications and resolution of organizational
conflict.
10.
demonstrate understanding of organizational leadership and power.
11.
demonstrate knowledge of trends affecting the field of organizational behavior such as
organizational change, technology and employment legislation.
PSY/BUS311
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR OUTLINE
This upper-division course presents the concepts of organizational behavior and structure as well
as topics relating to motivation content and process theories; group communications and
dynamics; decision making; causes and resolutions of organizational conflicts; and factors
pertaining to influence, power, and politics in organizations. (3, 0) 3 credits.
Instructional Methodologies: Lectures and case study analyses.
Topic
Further Development
The Field of Organizational Behavior
The historical roots and emergence of
organizational behavior as a field of study.
Organizational Structure
The structure of organizations will be
explored with references to departmentation
and coordination.
Division of Labor and Task Interdependence
Division of labor concepts pertaining to
task scope, specialization, and
interdependence will be examined.
Individual Behavior
The basics of behavior learning and
socialization; attitude formation and
dynamics; personality; and perception and
judgement will be introduced.
Motivation: Content Theories
The human and organizational factors
pertaining to the need, two-factor, and
achievement/power content theories of
motivation will be discussed.
Motivation: Process Theories
The human and organizational factors
pertaining to expectancy, equity, goalsetting, and reinforcement process theories
of motivation will be discussed.
Stress
The sources and consequences of stress
and methods for stress management will be
explored.
Group Formation, Development and Structure
Group size, type, formation, and
development will be studied. Particular
reference will be made regarding these
factors in relation to group structure and
effectiveness.
Group Dynamics
Concepts relating to group influence,
behavior, cooperation and competition, and
cohesiveness will be explored.
Communication
The communication process and barriers to
effectivcommunicationin will be examined.
Decision Making
An overview of individual and group
decision making concepts will be discussed.
Conflict in Organizations
The nature, antecedents, and causes of
organizational conflicts will be covered as
well as methods for effectively managing
this conflict.
Influence Power, and Politics in Organizations
The role and strategies of influence, power,
and politics in organizations will be studied.
Leadership
Theories regarding the development and
traits of leadership such as the continency
and path-goal model will be explored.
Organizational Change
Management practices regarding ways for
structuring and coping with organizational
change will be examined.
Trends in Organizational Behavior
Issues relating to the internationalization of
organizations as well as those of a social,
economic, technological, and legal nature
will be discussed.