School of Business

MBA Program
Course Name:

Management and Organizational Behavior

Course Code
& Section No:

BUS520.1
Summer 2015

Semester:
INSTRUCTOR & DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
1. Instructor Name:

Dr. Shahed Alam

2. Instructor Office

NAC 837

3. Office Hours:

Wednesday, 05:00 PM 07:00 PM

4. Office Phone:

8852000 Ext 1707

5. Email Address:

shahed.alam@northsouth.edu

6. Department:

Management, School of Business

7. Links:

North South University Website: http://www.northsouth.edu

School of Business Website: http://www.northsouth.edu/academic/sob/
Course Website:

COURSE & SECTION INFORMATION

Class Time &
Location

Wednesday, 07:00 PM 10:10 PM, NAC 991

Course
Prerequisite(s)
Course Credit Hours

3.0

Course Description

This course integrates the study of management principles and practices with the
study of human behavior within organizations. This amalgamation will enable
students to use their understanding of how organizations function in developing
applied behavioral skills necessary for managerial skills. Topics include perception and
decision-making, conflict and negotiation, motivation and leadership theories,
control, planning, organizational culture, structure and change, communication and
interpersonal relationships.
1. To develop a theoretical background in general aspects of management and
organizational behavior.
2. To inform students about managerial roles and their essential skills.
3. To postulate contemporary issues of organizational structure and managerial
control and to explain contingent outcome of managerial success influenced
by organizational culture and personality.
4. To enhance skills in perceiving different organizational relations, improving
decision making ability, and resolving organizational conflicts and politics.
5. To explain the complexity of motivation and to provide its theoretical
paradigm.

Course Objectives

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6. To prepare students to understand organizational culture, develop leadership

traits, and practice organizational ethics.
7. To demonstrate examples in delivering formal presentation about
management and OB topics of relevance.
Student Learning
Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

Understand the theoretical underpinnings of organizational relations and
organizational management.
Recognize the various forms of skills and roles of managers.
Analyze perception process in the organizational life and develop appropriate
decision-making skill as a manager.
Conceive appropriate traits of personality to demonstrate performance of a
good manager.
Recognize positive and negative aspects of conflict and select appropriate
conflict resolution strategies in the organizational life.
Understand different motivational processes and apply motivational concepts
in the organizational relations and job redesign.
Diagnose the impact that different attitudes and values have on
organizational behavior.
Address and use a systematic and comprehensive approach to solve
organizational problems as the leader keeping organizational ethics.

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LEARNING RESOURCES AND TEXTBOOK(S)
Text Book(s)

Author

Edition & Year

Title

Stephen P. Robbins,
Timothy A. Judge

th

Essentials of Organizational
Behavior

Stephen P. Robbins,
Mary Coulter,
Neharika Vohra.

12 edition
(2012)

Management

eReferenc
Stephen P. Robbins,
Timothy A. Judge

Organizational Behavior

Publisher

ISBN

Pearson

9780273765295

10th Edition

Pearson

9788131727201

15th edition
(2012)

Pearson

9780273765295

Others (Reference Books, CD ROMS, DVDs, e-Library, Internet, Articles)

Resource Type

Description

Type

Comments

1. Internet

Business news and

information

Management
environment

2. Articles

Discuss
management issues

Academic and
Trade articles

Seeing management and

organizational behavior issues
in real business practices
Get a sense of organizational
behavior theories and
practices.

TEACHING STRATEGY
The class will be conducted through various activities including presentation of concepts and situations,
discussion and exchanges of ideas, student initiative and active involvement, cases reflecting real world
context, and a project. Students are expected to be actively involved and to take initiative for their own
learning experience.

Particulars

Percentage

Class Attendance and Participation

5%

Mid-Term Test

25%

Term Project, Report & Presentation

20%

Case Analysis / Paper Review

15%

Quizzes, Assignments

10%

Final Examination

25%
Total

100%

Please Refer to NSU Student Handbook, Section: Grading Policy

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CLASSROOM RULES OF CONDUCT
1. You may use your laptops in the class for class related work. Do not use your laptop for non-class
related work or in any manner that will be distracting to other students or the instructor.
2. Use of cell phones in class is not permitted.
3. Students are advised to frequently refer to the student code of conduct of North South
Universityon the following link:http://www.northsouth.edu/student-code-of-conduct.html
4. Academic Integrity Policy:
School of Business does not tolerate academic dishonesty by its students. At minimum, students must
not be involved in cheating, copyright infringement, submitting the same work in multiple courses,
significant collaboration with other individuals outside of sanctioned group activities, and fabrications.
Students are advised that violations of the Student Code of Conduct will be treated seriously,
withspecial attention given to repeated offences.
Please Refer to NSU Student Code of Conduct, Sections: Violations of Code and Disciplinary
Sanctions.

LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY

Promptness is a highly valued attribute in the workplace. Employees areexpected to plan ahead to meet
deadlines. Managers reprimand or terminateemployees who are repeatedly late in submitting assignments. In
this course, submitting assignments late will be penalized. For each day late, 10 percent will be deducted from
the value of the assignment.

GROUP PROJECTS POLICY
Each group (between 2-5 students) will submit a final report consisting of 3000 words (hard copy and
electronic copy). Each team will alsopresent the project for 20 to 25 minutes.More details about the structure,
components, time and criteria for assessment of the project will be announced during the semester.

EXAMS AND MAKE UP POLICY

In order to complete the course, students must submit all the required assignments and sit for the exams.
Make-up exams are not given unless there is a major circumstance preventing the student from sitting in the
exam (official material evidence is required). The timing of the make-up is to be fixed with the instructor of the
course if granted.
Cell phones are prohibited in exam sessions.

ATTENDANCE POLICY
Students are required and expected to attend all classes and participate in class discussions. North South
University mandates to fail students who are absent 25% or more from their classes, even if such absences are
excusable.
Please Refer to NSU Student Handbook, Section: Study Principles and Policies

COMMUNICATION POLICY
All communication should take place using the instructors email.

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APPROPRIATE USE POLICY
All members of the North South University community must use electronic communications in a responsible
manner. The University may restrict the use of its computers and network systems for electronic
communications subject to violations of university policies/codes or local laws or national laws. Also, the
university reserves the right to limit access to its networks through university-owned or other computers, and
to remove or limit access to material posted on university-owned computers.

STUDENTS COMPLAINTS POLICY

Students at North South University have the right to pursue complaints related to faculty, staff, and other
students. The nature of the complaints may be either academic or non-academic. For more information about
the policy and processes related to this policy, you may refer to the students handbook.

COURSE CONTENTS &SCHEDULE

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- Orientation
- Introduction to OB
- Introduction to Management
- Management History
- Diversity in Organizations
- Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
- Emotions and Moods
- Personality & Values
- Perception and Individual Decision Making
- Group Behavior
- Work Teams
- Power and Politics
- Conflict and Negotiation
Midterm and discussion
- Motivation Theories
- Leadership Theories
- Organizational Structure and Design
- Foundations of Planning
- Foundations of Control
- Organizational Culture
- Organizational Change and Stress Management
Final Exam
Note: The instructor reserves the right to make changes to the syllabus if necessary.

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