ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

DR. MHK MUGHAL

INTRODUCTORY CLASS

Organizational BehaviorSession No. 1

Prescribed Books:
Organizational Behavior, Tenth Edition by Fred Luthans
Organizational Behavior by Stephan Robbins

Course Outline for todays session:

Introduction to Organizational Behavior (OB)

Definition of Organizational Behavior

Management Functions & Roles
Contribution of other Sciences to OB
Managing Quality
Improving People Skills
Depending Variable

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Course Contents:

Introduction to Organizational Behavior

Organizational Design and Culture
Organizational Reward System
Cognitive Processes of Organizational Behavior
Personality and Attitudes
Motivational Needs and Processes
Positive Organizational Behavior
Communication
Decision Making
Stress and Conflict
Power and Politics
Groups and Teams
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Course Contents:
Managing performance through job design and goal
setting
Behavioral Performance Management
Great leaders: Styles, Activities and Skills

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What Is Organizational
Behavior?
Actions and attitudes of individuals and groups
toward one another and towards the organization
as a whole, and its effect on the organization's
functioning and performance.

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Controlling

Planning

The Functions
of Management

Leading

Organizing
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The Roles of Management

Decisional

Interpersonal

Informational
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The Skills That

Managers Need

Technical Conceptual

Human

Managerial Activities
Traditional
Management

Communication

Networking

Managing
Human Resources
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Levels of OB Analysis

Individuals

Groups

Structures

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Understanding
Organizational Behavior
Individual
Differences

Fundamental
Consistencies

Intuition

Systematic
Study
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The Study of Organizational Behavior

Psychology
Individual
Sociology

Social Psychology

Group

Study of
Organizational
Behavior

Anthropology
Organization
Political Science
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Responding to
Globalization
Working in
Foreign
Countries

Working with
Multicultural
Diversity
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Managing Workforce Diversity

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Improving Quality
and Productivity

Total Quality
Management

Corporate
Reengineering

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Improving People Skills

Concepts
and Theories

Workplace
Skills

Personal
Insight
17

Empowering
the Workforce
Managers
Are Giving
Up Controls

Workers Are
Accepting
Responsibility
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Coping with
Temporariness
The Nature
of Work Is
Changing

Organizations
Are Also
Changing
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Stimulating Innovation
and Change
Maintaining flexibility
Improving quality
Introducing new products
and services
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Improving
Ethical Behavior
Provide in-house advisers
Create protection mechanisms

Write and distribute codes of ethics

Give seminars, workshops, & training
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Overview of the OB Model

Level III

Organization Systems Level

Level II

Group Level

Level I

Individual Level
Time
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Productivity
Absenteeism
Turnover

Organizational
Citizenship

The
Dependent
Variables

Job Satisfaction
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Independent Variables
Individual

Group

Organization

Biographical Traits

Communication

Culture

Personality

Other Groups

Structure

Values & Attitudes

Conflict

Design

Ability

Power & Politics

Technology

Perception

Group Structure

Work Processes

Motivation

Work Teams

Selection Processes

Individual Learning

Leadership

Training Programs

Decision Making

Decision Making

Appraisal Practices
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