MASTER SYLLABUS
Course Number & title: Business 318 Organizational Behavior
Department(s): Management
Credit hours: 3
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 & BUS 240
Fees and charges: No fees are required for
this class
Effective catalog date for this master syllabus: 2006-2007
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1. Catalog description: The
management of complex organizations requires an understanding of the nature of
human behavior in manufacturing, service, and government organizations, styles
of motivations, company leadership, power and authority, strategies of
organizational design and change, teamwork and collaboration, and the
measurement of organizational effectiveness.
Students will study how human behavior has a direct impact upon a business
organization. Interacting with other people and in organizations is
characterized by complex dynamics. This course is designed to help students
study these very interesting complexities by both analyzing and considering
these dynamics. Students will learn these management concepts by directly
participating in a number of learning activities. The combination of academic
perspective and personal engagement creates a powerful learning
experience.
2. Course content:
1. Managing people & organizations 7. Managing Stress & Interpersonal conflict
2. Foundations of individual behavior 8. Nature of decision making
3. Foundations of Individual behavior 9. Group Dynamics
4. Need-based perspectives on motivation 10. Formation of teams
5. Process-based Perspectives on motivation 11. Leadership models & concepts
6. Learning-based perspectives on motivation 12. Organizational change & development
3. Student learning objectives:
1. Apply different
concepts related to organizational behavior and human perception.
2. Define the purpose and nature of the
field of organizational behavior
3. Differentiate between the dominant
perspectives in the field of organizational behavior
4. Differentiate between various types
of behavior modification theories and techniques
5. Identify specific actions managers
can take to motivate employees
6. Analyze different concepts related
to leadership and decision making
7. Apply different concepts related to
managing conflict, stress, and communication.
4. Student assessment criteria: This course relies on a variety of assignments in exploring Organizational Behavior including various readings, both on-line and in the textbook, exams, writing assignments, discussions.
Percentage Points
Three Test 67% 300
Manager Workshop 22% 100
1 Critical Situation 11% 50
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100 % 450 points
5. Additional information
(optional):
Students will utilize an interactive computer
simulation CD. The Manager’s Workshop is designed to enhance student
understanding of motivation theories and how they can be applied to manage “Real
World” employee performance problem. It does so by providing a
highly interactive simulation that places students in the role of a manager who
must make a series of decisions about how to handle very different types of
performance issues across a group of five sales people. These types of learning
experience enables students to think and act like managers and to appreciate
the practical value of motivation theories at a higher level of mastery.