Programme
MMM
Faculty e-mail
id
savitadamle@simsr.somaiya.edu
Trimester/Semester
Semester I
Faculty
intercom
number
6728 3076
Faculty
Savita V. Damle
Students
Contact hours
Saturday - 5.00 – 5.30 pm
Course
Organizational
Behavior
Credit-Full/Half
Full Credit (100
marks)
1) Course Objectives:
The objective of this course is to develop basic understanding about human behavior in
organizations. Specifically, the course is designed to help students examine aspects of individual
behavior and apply relevant theoretical perspectives and concepts to the organizational inquiries.
2) Course content / Coverage (brief):
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Foundations of Individual Behavior
Learning and Interest
Attitude
Personality
Values
Emotions and Moods
Perception and Attribution
Individual Decision making
Motivation
Stress and Conflict
3) General Description of Pedagogy:
The course will substantially rely on experiential approaches such as case let discussion, article
presentation and exercises for active learning. The class will be divided into ten learning groups of
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six members each who will work together on activities such as preparing for discussions and
presentation of readings for a given session.
4) Student learning outcomes from the course:
 Understanding behavior of people in the organization
 Understanding dynamics of dealing with individual
1) Session Details :
Session No.
1.
Topics to be covered
Introduction to Organizational
behavior and Challenges for
Managers
Pre-reading to be done
Nelson, Chapter 1&2 pp. 2 - 44/
Robbins, Chapter 1 – pp. 4 -28
2.
Foundations of Individual
Behavior
 Diversity in Organizations
 Values and Ethics
Personality and Emotions and
Moods
Nelson, Chapter 1,2 & 4 pp. 9, 31 –
43, 83 -88
/ Robbins, Chapter 2 & 5 pp. 38 – 55,
136 -148
Nelson, Chapter 3 &4 pp. 51 -60, 82
/ Robbins, Chapter 4 &5 pp. 126 –
132, 92 -112
Nelson, Chapter 3 pp. 61 - 66
/ Robbins, Chapter 6 pp. 160 -167
Nelson, Chapter 10 pp. 191 - 208
/ Robbins, Chapter 6 pp. 168 – 182
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Perception and Attribution
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Individual Decision Making
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Attitudes
Organizational commitment
Job Satisfaction
OCB
Attitude Change
Motivation Concepts
Defining Motivation
Early and Contemporary theories
of motivation
Integrating contemporary theories
of motivation
Nelson, Chapter 4 pp. 73 - 81
/ Robbins, Chapter 3 pp. 66 -81
Motivation: From Concepts to
Application & Learning and
Interests
Motivating by job design
Employee Involvement
Using rewards to motivate
Nelson, Chapter 5 & 6 pp. 104 - 107
/ Robbins, Chapter 8 pp. 230- 251
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Nelson, Chapter 5 pp. 95 - 103
/ Robbins, Chapter 7 pp. 194 – 218
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13 -15
employees
Global Implications
Managing Stress and Conflict
Effectiveness in groups
Leadership
Managing power and politics
Course Review and Feedback
Nelson, Chapter 7 & 13 pp. 133 -148,
255 -269
/ Robbins, Chapter 14 & 17 pp. 554 –
566, 440 -462
Handouts to be given in class
Handouts to be given in class
Handouts to be given in class
2) Required text & Course Materials:
 Nelson, D.L., Quick, J. C., & Khandelwal, P. (2012). Organizational Behavior, 2nd Edition,
Cengage Learning.
 Robbins, S.P., Judge, T.A, & Vohra, N. (2012). Organizational Behavior, 14th edition,
Pearson.
3) Optional Course Materials & Readings:
1. Kinicki, A. & Kreitner, R. (2008). Organizational Behavior, 8th edition, McGraw Hill.
2. McShane, S; Glinow, M & Sharma, R (2007). Organizational Behavior, 3rd edition, Tata
McGraw Hill publications Ltd.
Readings
Readings will be provided for classroom discussion and presentation as required.
Journals:
 Journal of Organizational Behavior
 Journal of Management
 Harvard Business Review
 Vikalpa
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4) Assessment Criteria:
Component
Attendance,
class
participation
and
academic responsibility
Quizzes
Weightage
10%
20%
Description
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Attendance and Active participation in
routine class instructional deliveries (05
Marks)
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Overall Conduct as a responsible student,
mannerism and articulation and exhibit of
leadership qualities in organizing related
academic activities.
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Class attendance is mandatory. Any
unexcused absences and tardiness will be
penalized. Students with attendance below
75% will not be awarded any credit as per
this criterion. Students with more than 75%
attendance will be awarded marks as per
criteria decided by the institute.
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Two best of three periodical class tests held
in the given semester will be considered.
Will be unannounced and in class. Please note
that there will be NO makeup quizzes. If you
miss a quiz on account of absence or late arrival,
you will not be given another chance / additional
time to complete the quiz.
Class Assignment
10%
A better of two assignments based on class
presentations to be assessed
1. Article/ Case Discussion and Presentation
The articles/ cases will be given to students
either ahead of a session or during the session.
Students will be asked to read them, discuss and
when called upon
1. present the key concepts discussed in the
article/ case
2. If it is an article:
a. Critically evaluate the article – whether
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the group agrees or disagrees with the
article and why.
b. link the article to the theory
c. Connect their personal experiences to the
article
3. If it is a case:
d. Present your analysis of the situation
e. Your options, recommendations and
implementation plan.
2. Assignment – Case Writing and discussion
 Each group will be assigned a topic on which
they will have to write a small case (2-3
pages) based on some real situation in their
organization (5%).
Exams (Mid-term +
End-Term)
End Term 60%
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They will circulate the case to the class ahead
of time so that the class may come prepared
for the case discussion.
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They will guide the case analysis in the
classroom (max. 20 mins) and bring out the
linkage to theory through this discussion
(5%).
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These case discussions will begin sessions 3
onwards
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Please note that the group will NOT present
the case. Instead, they will only guide the
case discussion in the class. There will be
demonstration of the activity before this
assignment begins in session 2.
The exam will consist of short answers and
application based questions. The exam will cover
the material discussed in class and the assigned
readings.
Schedule for Case writing and Discussion: All Cases to be circulated latest one day prior to the
class.
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Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Session 8
Session 9
Session 10
Session 11
Session 12
Demo by faculty
Values in organization
Personality
Emotions in business situations
Perception and Attribution
Decision making mistakes/ processes
Attitudes
Motivation – using compensation as a
motivation strategy
How to motivate people without using
compensation
Managing stress in organizations
Managing conflicting situations
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Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10