Module : HRM
202: Organisational Behavior
Programme : BBA
Credit Value : 12
Prerequisite : None
General
Objectives:
- This
module focuses on the impact of individuals, groups, and organisational
structures on organisational behaviour with the aim of improving
organisational effectiveness. The module will aim at building students’
understanding of how to manage organisations and improve functioning
of the organisation by focusing on the human aspects of work within
contemporary organisations.
Learning
Outcomes
Upon
successful completion of the module, student is expected to:
- describe
and analyse the relationship between individual and group behaviours on
organisational functioning
- explain
the underlying factors that influence human behavior
- analyse
the mechanism of group dynamics and how it can be used for the benefit of
the organisation; and
- develop
and apply the organisational behaviour theories to real life situations.
CONTENT
Unit
-I: Introduction (5
Hours)
Concepts and
challenges of OB; Opportunities of OB; Contributions of major behavioral
science disciplines to OB
Unit
-II: Individual Behavior (8
Hours)
Foundations of
individual behavior; Biographical characteristics; Personality; Emotions and
moods; Perception: Concepts, Impact of perception on behavior, Importance,
Factors influencing perception
Unit
-III: Values, Attitudes, and Job satisfaction (8
Hours)
Values and sources
of value; Types of value; Value, ethics, and behaviour; Components of an attitude;
Consistency and attitude; Relationship between attitudes and behaviour; Main
causes of job satisfaction; Measuring job satisfaction
Unit
-IV: Foundations of Group Behaviour and team building (10
Hours)
Types of groups;
Stages of group development; Norms and individual behaviour in group: Group
decision making, Teams vs. Groups, Types of teams, Characteristics of effective
teams, Managing teams, the growing popularity of teams in organizations
Unit-
V: Workplace Power and Politics (10
Hours)
Concept and
importance of workplace power and politics; Bases of power; Dependency in power
relationships; Power Tactics; Politics: Power in Action; Factors that Influence
Political Behaviours; Impression management; Individual and organisational
factors that stimulate political behavior; Political action and ethics,
Importance of political perspective; Defensive behavior
Unit
-VI: Organisation Structure and Culture (9
Hours)
Key elements of an
organisation’s structure; Common Organisation Designs: The Bureaucracy, Matrix
organisation, Virtual’ organisation, Boundary less organisations; Mechanistic
and organic structural models; Implications of different organisational designs
on behaviour; Institutionalisation and organisational culture; Common
characteristics of organisational culture; Effects of organisational culture on
people and the organisation; Factors determining an organisation’s culture;
Transmitting organisational culture to employees.
Teaching
Strategies
·
Seminar
·
Mini
Case study
·
Role
play
·
Debate
and Quiz
·
Discussion
Assessment
- Participation
10 %
- Case
study 15 %
- Presentation 20
%
- Research
report 10 %
- Assignment 20
%
- End-Semester
Exam 25 %
Total 100 %
Essential
Texts
- Robbins,
S.P., Judge, T. A., Millett, B., & Waters‐Marsh, T. (2008), Organisational
Behaviour, 5th Edition, Frenchs Forest: Pearson Education Australia.
References
- Robins,
S.P. 2004. Organisational Behaviour: Concepts, Controversies, And
Applications. 10th Ed. India: Prentice Hall.
- Luthans,
F. 2001. Organisational Behaviour. 9th Ed. Mcgraw Hill.