MBAFT-6101: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Course Objectives:
The objective of the course is to help students develop an understanding of the
basic
management concepts and behavioural processes in organizations which are important
for them
to adapt to the changing corporate environment.
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Understanding the concept of organizational behavior
2. Developing an understanding of managerial functions, skills and roles
3. Strengthening the foundations of individual behavior with an understanding of
human
personality, perception, learning and emotions
4. Understanding the basic process of interpersonal relationship
5. Understanding how managers can use the models to enhance motivational levels of
employees
6. Understand the concept of stress and learn to manage it
7. Understanding the behavioural approach to Managerial decision-making
8. Develop an understanding of teams and groups in organizations
9. Understanding the process of leadership
10. Understanding the various organization structures and their usefulness.
Contents:
Unit I: Introduction to Organizational Behaviour; Management Functions, Skills and
Roles
Unit II: Introduction to Individual Behaviour: Personality: Determinants,
Measurement,
Different Traits; Perception: Process, Factors, Attribution Theory; Learning:
Approaches,
Measurement; Attitudes, Values and Emotions
Unit III: Interpersonal Relationship: Transactional Analysis: Ego States,
Transactions, Life
Positions, Stroke Analysis, Games Analysis; Johari Window
Unit IV: Motivation at Work: Introduction, Content Models of Motivation, Process
Models
of Motivation, Use of Motivation
Unit V: Leadership and followership: Introduction, Trait, Behavioural and
Contingency
Approaches to leadership, Transactional and Transformational leadership
Unit VI: Work teams and Groups: Introduction, Reasons for joining groups, Types of
groups, Group Cohesiveness, Group Think and Risky Shift
Unit VII: Decision Making: Introduction, Types of Decision, Process of Decision,
Individual and Group Decision Making Models
Unit VIII: Stress and Well -being at work: Introduction, Sources, Reaction and
Unit IX: Organization Structure and Design:
Suggested Readings:
1. Luthans, F. (2015). Organizational Behaviour: An Evidence Based Approach(13th
ed.).McGraw-Hill Irwin.
2. Nelson, D. L., Quick, J.C., & Khandelwal, P. (2016).ORGB: A South Asian
Perspective
(2nd ed.).Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd.
3. Nelson, D L, Quick, J.C., & Khandelwal. P,(2013).Organizational Behaviour: A
South
Asian Perspective(7th ed.). Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd.
4. Pareek, U. and Khanna, S. (2016).Understanding Organizational Behaviour(4th
ed.).
New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
5. Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T.A. & Vohra, N. (2015). Organizational Behaviour(16th
ed.).New Delhi: Pearson Education.
6. Singh, K. (2015). Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases (3rd ed.).New Delhi:
Vikas
Publication.
Facilitating the achievement of Course Learning Outcomes
Unit
No.
Course Learning
Outcomes
Teaching and Learning Activity Assessment
Tasks
I. Introduction to
Organizational Behaviour;
Management Functions,
Skills and Roles
Presentation on different aspects of
organization behaviour and discussion
on managerial roles and responsibilities
Exercise and
quiz
II. Introduction to Individual
Behaviour: Personality;
Perception; Learning;
Attitudes, Values and
Emotions
Measuring human personality, cues on
perception; identifying learning styles;
and analyzing different emotions with
the help of discussions and
presentations
Case, exercise
and quiz
III. Interpersonal Relationship:
Transactional Analysis;
Johari Window
Presentation and discussion on TA
Model and Johari Window and
assessment of ego states
Exercise and
cases
IV. Motivation at Work Content and Process models of
motivation with the help of presentation
and discussion of case and situation
analysis
Exercise, cases
and quiz
V. Leadership and
followership
Trait, behavioural and contingency
models of leadership with the help of
presentation and discussion of case and
situation analysis
Exercise, cases
and quiz
VI. Work teams and Groups; Video on group dynamics and
discussion to understand group roles;
role plays to understand the concepts of
teams.
Exercise, cases
and quiz
VII Decision Making Exercise on decision making; role plays
to understand the concepts of teams,
groups and decision making
Exercise, cases
and quiz
VIII. Stress and Well -being at
work
Exercise on identifying stressors and
presentation on stress management
strategies
Exercise, cases
and quiz
IX. Organization Structure and
Design
Case on organization structure and
design with the help of presentation and
discussion
Exercise, cases
and quiz
The list of cases and other specific references including recent articles will be
announced by
the instructor at the time of launching the course.
