Course Code MBA 502A

Course Category Professional Core Course- Full Credit

Course Title Organizational Behavior

Teaching Scheme and Credits Lecture Case Assessment Credits

Weekly load Hours 3 1 1 3

Pre-requisites if any NA

Course Objective

1. Knowledge : To understand concepts of OB with respect to

i. Relation between individuals and Organization
ii. Impact of changing behaviors of employees in organizations
iii. Actions and responses towards the changes in Organizations
2. Skills : Organization Building
i. Motivate the people
ii. Ability to plan and execute
iii. Decision Making skills
iv. Design, Re-design and modifying strategies
3. Attitude : To develop following :
i. Leadership
ii. Diversity Management
Course Outcome

1. Define the applicability of the concept of organizational behavior to understand people behavior in
the organization.
2. Explain the complexities associated with management of the group behavior in the organization
3. Demonstrate how the organizational behavior can integrate in understanding the motivation behind
behavior of people in the organization.
4. Analyze the organizational culture and organizational changes and different factor for resistance to
change in organization by individual.
Organizational Behavior is a tool which can be useful for individuals to understand the Human behavior
which is relevant to the overall growth and development of the Organization.
Course Contents

1. Introduction to OB (4 sessions+1 case)

1.1 Evolution of Organization Behavior Theory - Hawthorne Experiment
1.2 Introduction of Organization and its Behavior
1.3 Disciplines contributing to OB
1.4 Challenges & Opportunities
2. The Individuals (10 sessions+2 cases)
2.1 Perception
2.2 Values
2.3 Attitudes
2.4 Personality
2.5 Emotions & Moods
3. Motivation (7 essions+2 cases)
3.1 Basic motivation
3.2 Early Theories
3.3 Contemporary Theories
4. Groups & Team ( 6 sessions+1 case)
4.1 Groups
4.2 Teams
4.3 Leadership
4.4 Power & Politics
4.5 Conflict & Negotiation
5. Organizational Culture & Change Management (6 session+ 1case)
5.1 Organizational Culture
5.2 Organizational Change
5.3 Work Stress management

Learning Resources-

Reference Book:

• Organizational Behavior by Stephen P. Robbins , Timothy A. Judge,Pearson, 15th Edition

• Fred Luthans, Organizational Behavior – An Evidence- Based Approach by, McGraw Hill
International Publication12th Edition
• Schermerhorn, Hunt and Osborn, Organisational behavior, John Wiley, 9th Edition.
• Mc Shane & Von Glinov, Organisational Behaviour, 8th Edition, Tata Mc Graw Hill.
• John Newstrom and Keith Davis, Organizational Behaviour, Tata McGraw Hill, 11 edition

Supplementary Reading

• Udai Pareek, Understanding Organisational Behaviour, 2nd Edition, Oxford Higher

Education, 2004.
• Ashwathapa, Organizational Behavior, McGraw Hill International Publication,12th Edition
• Uma Shekaran, Organizational Behaviour, McGrawHill International Publication, 2nd
Edition

Journals :
• Willey online library

Websites :
• https://www.jstor.org
• https://www.wiley.com
MOOCS
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/managing-people-iese
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/organizational-behavior
Pedagogy
Case discussion, participative learning, discussions, role play, experiential learning through practical
case handling, assignment, conceptual and contextual learning, presentations.

Assessment Scheme:
It is divided into two parts, Internal and External Evaluation

A. Internal Evaluation: This has Class Continuous Assessment (CCA) having four components
for 50 marks.

Class Continuous Assessment (CCA)

Component Description Weight
(May Change)

1. Case Study
For three-credit courses, five case studies shall be conducted 20
Solution

2. Assignment There will be one assignment conducted for each course. 10

There will be two surprise test conducted for each course. Test I to
3. Surprise test be conducted for Units I & II, and Test II to be conducted for Units 10
III & IV
4. Class
Minimum 5 times in a term 10
Participation
Total :Class Continuous Assessment (CCA) 50
B. External evaluation:
WPU-Term-End One for each trimester.
Examination
50

Total: Internal Evaluation + External Evaluation 100

Unit Unit Name Sessi Topic Description Readings

Name on
UNIT- 1 Evolution of Organization 1.
I Behaviour Theory - https://www.ukessays.com/essays/psyc
Introduction Hawthorne Experiment hology/organizational-behavior-
to hawthorne-studies-psychology-
Organizationa essay.php
l Behaviour
2. http://ncbgudi.com/wp-
content/uploads/2018/01/Hawthorne-
 Experiments.pdf

2 Introduction of 1.Robbins et al. (2015) Pg. No.10-12

Organization and its 2. https://dmcodyssey.org/wp-
Behavior content/uploads/2014/02/Organizationa
l-Behaviour-Introduction.pdf

3 Disciplines contributing to 1.Robbins et al. (2015) Pg. No.13-15

OB

4 Challenges & 1.Robbins et al (2015) Pg. No.15-22

Opportunities
5 Case Study-1
UNIT- 6-7 Perception- Introduction, 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.10-12
II Factors of perception,
Attribution theory,
Perception and individual
decision making, Decision
Making in an organization
8-9 Values - Introduction and 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.10-12
characteristics,
Importance of values.
Values, loyalty and ethical
behaviour, Types of
values – Generational
Values
10-11 Attitudes - Introduction 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.70-88
Various ,components of
The attitudes, Work related
Individuals attitudes, Job attitudes,
Job Satisfaction

12-13 Personality – 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.166-190

Introduction 2.
Characteristics of https://open.lib.umn.edu/principlesman
agement/chapter/2-3-personality-and-
personality, Big five-
values-3/
Personality traits, Myers
– Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI), Organizational
Citizenship Behavior

14-15 Emotions & Moods - 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.98-121

Understand the relation
between emotions &
 moods, different sources
of emotions, Concept of
felt & displayed emotions,
dissonance, concept and
application of EI
16-17 Case Study 2

UNIT- 18 Basic motivation – 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.202

III Primary Motives & 2.https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/m
Secondary Motives, otivation/motivation-concept-and-
significance-of-motivation/28020
intrinsic motivation and
satisfaction

19-21 Early Theories – 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.202-208

Hierarchy of Needs,
Theory X & Theory Y,
Motivation Two Factor Theory,
McClelland Theory of
Need, Vroom’s
Expectancy Theory

22-24 Contemporary Theories 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.208-228

- Goal setting theory,
Reinforcement theory,
Equity Theory, Self-
Efficacy
25-26 Case Study-3

UNIT- 27 Groups-Nature of Group, 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.272-296

IV Group properties, Group
development, Work
Teams

28 Teams - Types of teams 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.308-325

Creating effective teams,
Groups & Turning individuals into
Team team players

29-30 Leadership – 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.368-397

Introduction - Importance
of leadership, Traditional 2.https://www.iedconline.org/clientuplo
ads/Downloads/edrp/Leading_from_Wi
Theories & Modern
thin.pdf
Theories, Creating
Effective leader
 31 Power and Politics – 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.412-434
Introduction, Bases of
power, Power tactics,
Political implications of
power, ethics in behaving
politically

32 Conflict & Negotiation - 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.446-469

Process of conflict, Types
of conflict , Conflict
resolution , Negotiation
33 Case Study-4

34-35 Organization Culture– 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.512-533

Introduction, Creating &
sustaining culture, Types
of culture Functions of
culture ,Culture v/s
formalization

36-37 Organizational change - 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.578- 594

Forces for change ,
Planned change
Resistance to change,
Organization Approaches to managing
UNIT- al Culture & organizational change –
V Change Lewin Three Step Model,
Management Action Research,
Contemporary change
issues for today’s manager

38-39 Work Stress 1.Robbins et al(2015) Pg. No.595-606

management –
Introduction, Emergence 2.https://oem.bmj.com/content/oemed/5
of stress, Potential sources 9/1/67.full.pdf
of stress, Consequences of
stress, Interrelationship
between stress and
performance , Managing
stress
40 Case Study- 5