HUMAN BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS (OMGT 5733)
Jan 18, 2011 – Mar 20, 2011
Little Rock Air Force Base
Instructor: Paula Lattanzi
Paulalattanzi29@gmail.com
Telephone No.: 501-690-5077
Office Hours: Please call to schedule appointment
Textbook: Managing Behavior in Organizations, Jerald Greenberg, 5th ed.,
2009, Prentice-Hall.
Course Description: People more than anything else make the ultimate
difference in organizations. Human Behavior Analysis examines the principal
drivers of individual and group behavior in organizations and emphasizes the
application of organizational behavior concepts for operations managers. In
addition to group and individual behavior and organizational processes, the
course explores people management challenges that result from external
pressures on stakeholders (e.g. competitive, economic, social, political, and
regulatory impacts).
Course Objectives:
1. Demonstrate the application of scientific methods as they relate to
practical resolution of people management problems
2. Analyze potential causes and consequences of specific workplace
behavior by individuals, individuals within groups, and groups within
organizations
3. Explain the multidisciplinary roots of human behavior analysis and the
theory application at all levels to analyze behavior in organizations
4. Evaluate the relative impact of individual differences and situational
factors on workplace behavior
5. Analyze the effect of organizational change on individual employees
that is driven by technology and evolving workplace models
(telecommuting, virtual business, etc.)
6. Examine the elements of building constructive relationships and mutual
trust in the workplace
7. Understand management challenges inherent in the varied values,
belief systems and expectations that characterize the changing
demographics of a global workforce
8. Develop skills in building and managing effective teams
9. Evaluate the most recent developments in motivation theory as they
apply to the workplace and the relative importance of organizational
10. reward systems vs. managerial behavior in motivating individuals and
groups
11. Examine factors involved in individual and group decision making
focusing on those that can enhance or degrade the quality of decision
outcomes in organizations
12. Analyze formal and informal communication processes and networks
in organizations that can positively or adversely affect workplace
morale and organization effectiveness
Class Schedule:
Week 1 (Jan 18 & 20)):
Introductions
Syllabus Review
Ch 1: The Field of Organizational Behavior
Ch 2: Organizational Justice, Ethics, and Corporate
Social Responsibility
Week 2 (Jan 25 & 27):
Ch 3: Psychological Processes in Organizations:
Personality, Perception, and Learning
Ch 4: Coping with Organizational Life: Emotions and
Stress
Homework Assignment #1 (Due Feb 3)
Week 3 (Feb 1 & 3):
Ch 5: Work – Related Attitudes: Prejudice, Job
Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment
Ch 6: What Motivates People to Work?
Homework Assignment #2 (Due Feb 10)
Part I and Part II Review (Chapters 1 – 6)
Week 4 (Feb 8 & 10):
Test #1
Short Answer Essay
Chapters 1 – 6
Ch 7: Interpersonal Behavior in the Workplace
Ch 8: Organizational Communication
Homework Assignment # 3 (Due Feb 17)
Week 5 (Feb 15 & 17):
Ch 9: Group Processes and Work Teams
Ch 10: Making Individual & Group Decisions in
Organizations
Week 6 (Feb 22 & 24)
Ch 11: The Quest for Leadership
Homework Assignment #4 (Due Mar 3)
Part III Review (Ch 7 – 11)
Test #2
Short Answer Essay
Ch 7 – 11
Week 7 (Mar 1 & 3)
Ch 12: Culture, Creativity, and Innovation
Ch 13: Designing Effective Organizations
Homework Assignment #5 (Due Mar 10)
Week 8 (Mar 8 & 10)
Ch 14: Managing Organizational Change: Strategic
Planning and Organizational Development
Part IV Review (Chapters 12 – 14)
Test #3
Short Answer Essay
Chapters 12 – 14
Guest Speakers:
Industry Experts May Be Utilized for Some Topics
Grade Structure:
Course Grades Calculated Using Formula Below:
20% Homework Assignments
20% Attendance & Participation
60% Tests
Grade Scale:
A
B
C
D
F
90 - 100
89 – 80
79 – 70
69 – 60
Below 60
Absences, tardiness and/or leaving early – Occasionally, unavoidable
circumstances such as military and civilian work requirements necessitate that a
student be absent for part or all of a class session. Please notify the instructor
about absences for any class before that class begins through email or
telephone message. Work requirements and illness that prompt students to be
absent from a class will deemed excused. Two unexcused absences from class
will reduce the overall grade for the course by one letter grade. The maximum
grade awarded for students with three unexcused absences is “C”. Compiling
more than three unexcused absences is justification to issue a failing grade for
the course.
Academic Dishonesty Policy:

The University of Arkansas strives to be a center of academic excellence.
As part of our Statement of Ethics, the University strives to preserve
academic honor and integrity by repudiating all forms of academic and
intellectual dishonesty, including cheating, plagiarism and all other forms
of academic dishonesty. Academic dishonesty is unacceptable and is
subject to a disciplinary response.

Students who are caught cheating or committing plagiarism may be given
a failing grade in the course by the professor and may be subject to
dismissal or further discipline.
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Plagiarism is often misunderstood as referring only to passing off
another’s writing as one’s own. The definition also extends to ideas and
arguments taken from others’ work without proper citing of the original
source. It is also not permissible to construct papers or reports by merely
“cutting and pasting” and then just citing another’s work. In writing for
homework or projects, you should read and learn, process information
through your mind, relate ideas, and then express your take on the
material you’ve read in your own words. Cite the references where you
found your information. If you do use someone else’s words, do so
sparingly, use quotation marks, and cite.
A complete statement of the U of A’s Academic Honesty Policy is available in the
UA Student Handbook and the UA Graduate Catalog.
Inclement Weather Policy:
If the base or campus closes for inclement weather or other reasons, your site
coordinator will be the first to know. She will call the professors and send the
students e-mail advising of class cancellations. If your professor cancels a class
he/she will contact the site coordinator, and she will send an e-mail to the
students in that class advising of class cancellation.