Organizational Behavior
Session Topic
Detailed Syllabus
1 Management Thought and Definition of Management, Approaches to
OB
Management: Classical,Behavioral, Quantitative.
Case/Lecture Reason
Lecture
Management Principles of Taylor, Weber, Fayol;
Hawthorne Studies, fields contributing to OB,
Managers’ roles and functions, OB in the context
of globalization, workforce diversity.
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4 Individual Behavior
application of the learning theories for behavior
modification.
5
Lecture
6 Attitudes, Values and Job The Nature and Dimensions of Attitudes: Components Lecture
Satisfaction (including of Attitude – Sources and types – Cognitive dissonance
case discussion)
theory – Values –– The effect of job satisfaction on
employee performance.
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8 Perception
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10 Personality (including
case discussion)
Definition , concepts
and evolution can be
better explained
through lecture method
Lecture
Case
Definition of Learning, Theoretical process of learning, Lecture
Case Title
The Knowledge (Mis)
Manager
Concepts can be taught
through lecture method
No case would cover
all the types in detail
Case
The Julie Roehm Saga at
Wal-Mart, Inc
Factors Influencing Perception - Perceptual Selectivity Lecture
– rational decision making model, bounded rationality,
Linkage between Perception and Individual Decision
Making
Lecture
Clarity can be brought
through examples
The Meaning of Personality - Personality Determinants Lecture
- Personality Traits - The big five model, emotional
labor. Ideographic and nomothetic approach
Concepts can be taught
through lecture method
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Case
12 Emotional Intelligence
Definition – self awareness, self regulation, social
skills, social awareness.
13 Motivation (including
case discussion)
Meaning of Motivation – Primary, General Motives and Lecture
Secondary Motives - Motivation and Productivity –
Content and process theories of Motivation
14
15 Group and Teams
(including case
discussion)
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18 Communication
(including case
discussion)
19 Leadership (including
case discussion)
Lecture
Henry Ford- A great
Innovator
Clarity can be brought
through examples
Definitions and
theories can be taught
through lecture method
Case
Types of Groups - Stages of Group Development: The Lecture
Five-Stage Model, The Punctuated Equilibrium Model The Dynamics of Informal Groups: Norms and Roles in
Informal Groups - Management of Informal
Organizations - Dynamics of Formal Work Groups Teams vs Groups - Types of Teams - Group decisionmaking
Case
Employee motivation: A
short case study
Definitions and
theories can be taught
through lecture method
Management Lessons on
Spain’s Euro 2008football
Championship Triumph
Case
Process, types barriers and effective communication- Lecture
Interactive Communication in Organizations – Cross
cultural communication
Understanding Leadership - Leader and Manager Lecture
Leadership Theories - Trait Theories - Behavioral
Theories - Contingency Theories - Leadership Styles Leadership Skills - Determinants of Leadership –
Challenges to leaderships in virtual teams.
To explain all
classifications, lecture
method is better
Definitions and
theories can be taught
through lecture
method. No case
would cover all the
types in detail
The ChappelWay (B): A
Case study in Team
Building and Group
Dynamics
Communication blunders
20
Case
Carly Fiorina- The change
leader
21
Case
Dr. V Aravind Eye
Hospital: A Level 5 leader
22 Power, Authority and
Politics (including case
discussion)
23
Definitions of Power - Distinction Between Power and Lecture
Authority - Bases of Power - Power Structure and
Blocks – impression management – political behavior
in organizations
Case
Definitions and
concepts can be taught
through lecture method
That’s the way Cookie
crumbles
24 Conflict and
Sources of Conflict - Intra-individual Conflict Lecture
Collaboration (including Interpersonal Conflict - Intergroup Behavior and
case discussion)
Conflict - Organizational Conflict - Negotiations Approaches to Conflict Management
25
Lecture
26 Stress Management
Causes of Stress – Organizational and Extra
Lecture
Organizational Stressors – Group Stressors – Individual
Stressors - Coping Strategy for Stress.
Can be better
explained through
many examples
27 Organizational Structure Understanding Organizational Structure (including case
Centralization, Decentralization, Flat and Tall
discussion)
Structures, Departmentalization, Behavioral
Implications of different organizational designs
28
To explain all
classifications, lecture
method is better
29 Organizational Culture
(including case
discussion)
30 Organizational Change
Lecture
Case
Meaning, creating and sustaining culture, culture as a Lecture and
liability, employee acculturation process, countries and Case
culture, organizational climate. Hofstede’s model
Forces for Change - Managing Planned Changes Lecture
Resistance to Change - Approaches to Managing
Organizational Change – technology and change
Clarity can be brought
through examples
Cisco’s organizational
structure and its
collaborative approach to
decision making
Sony Corporation-Future
tense?