OB Syllabus
OB Syllabus
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Semester 3 /4 Total Credit 2
Subject Name Organisational Behavior L-T-P 3-0-0
Pre-requisites None
Course Objectives
CO1: To understand the relevance of organizational behavior concepts and theories in real-life
organizational settings &to develop skills in critical thinking, decision –making, problem-solving
in applying organizational behavior concepts to practical situations.
CO2: To provide an understanding of individual behavior in the workplace, including
personality, motivation, perception, learning, and attitudes.
CO3: To understand the impact of team composition, diversity, and communication on team
performance & to understand the role of motivation and leadership in managing organization.
CO4: To explore how organisational culture affects behavior, communication and decision
making by enhancing creativity and innovation and give an episteme how to cope with change
and stress.
CO5: To Develop intercultural competence, including awareness, knowledge, and skills for
effective communication, negotiation, and collaboration across culture
Syllabus:
Module-I Fundamentals Of OB & Understanding the Basic Framework of 6 Hours
OB
Evolution of OB through Quality Management movement, Definitions, Scope & Importance of
OB,Challenges (Diversity, Globalisation & Ethical Perspective) and opportunities for OB,
models of OB, applying OB to solving problems.
Module-II Understanding the Determinants of Individual Behavior 6 Hours
Personality: Determinants of personality, Theories of Personality (Type & Psychoanalytic
theory), MBTI, Big five personality traits and other major traits influence workplace behavior.
Perception: Meaning, Perceptual Process, Application of Perception at Workplace.
Motivation: Motivation Framework, Content theory (Maslow’s need hierarchy & Hertzberg’s
two factors theory), Process theory (Adam’s Equity & Vroom’s Expectancy theory), Job Design
And motivation, Importance of motivation at Workplace.
Learning: Theories of learning (Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, & Cognitive
Theory), Principles of Learning. Bhavioral modification through learning.
Module-III Understanding Group and Team Behavior at Workplace 6 Hours
Group & Team: Defining and classifying groups, the five-stage model of group development
Group properties: Roles, norms, status, size and cohesiveness, Group decision making.
Leadership: Meaning, Definition & types of leadership, Traditional theories of leadership: Trait
theories, Behavioral theories, Contingency theories, Contemporary approaches to leadership,
importance of leader in organisations.
Text Books:
1. "Organizational Behavior: Text, Cases, & Games" by K. Aswathappa .Publisher:
Himalaya Publishing House
2. "Essentials of Organizational Behavior" by Stephen P. Robbins and Timothy A. Judge.
Publisher: Pearson Education.
Reference Books:
1. "Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace"
by Jason A. Colquitt, Jeffery A. LePine, and Michael J. Wesson. Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Education.
2. "Organizational Behavior: Human Behavior at Work" by John W. Newstrom and Keith
Davis. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education.
3. "Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach" by Fred Luthans. Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education.
4. "Organizational Behavior: Emerging Knowledge, Global Reality" by Steven L. McShane
and Mary Ann Von Glinow. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education.
5. "Organizational Behavior and Management" by Ivancevich, Konopaske, and Matteson.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education.
6. "Organizational Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice" by John R. Schermerhorn Jr.,
James G. Hunt, and Richard N. Osborn. Publisher: Wiley
Course Outcomes