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Course Detail

Course Name Organizational Behaviour
Course Code 26BUS211
Program BBA (Honours) – Digital Marketing and Artificial Intelligence (Girls Only)
Semester 4
Credits 3
Campus Kochi

Syllabus

Unit 1

Introduction to Organizational Behaviour – Meaning – Definition – Importance of Organizational Behaviour – disciplines contributing to Organizational Behaviour – challenges and opportunities for Organizational Behaviour concepts – OB model.

Unit 2

The Individual Behaviour – psychological foundations of individual behavior. Basic Psychological Process—Personality, Determinants of Personality — Personality Traits—Perception, Perceptual Process- Factors Affecting Perception — Learning, Theories of Learning — Motivation – Theories of motivation.

Unit 3

Interpersonal Behaviour – Interpersonal Relations in organization, interpersonal communication, transactional analysis, life position analysis, Games analysis.

Unit 4

Group: Concept of Group Dynamics—Features of Group—Types of Group Behaviour — Formal and Informal Group Behaviour—Group Norms—Group Cohesiveness Group Behaviour, – The Five-Stage Model of group development – group properties, conflict management – process.

Unit 5

Organisational Change and Development ? organizational culture – Functions ? Forces for change – Overcoming Resistance to Change, approaches to managing organizational change – Organizational development – creating a culture for change.

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objective:

To gain knowledge of the fundamentals of organizational behaviour and how it’s used in modern organizations and to comprehend the effects that structure, organizations, and individuals have on the efficiency and effectiveness of an organization.

Course Outcomes:

The student will be able:

CO1: To understand the concept of Organizational behaviour.

CO2: To understand the Psychological Foundations of Individual Behavior and Theories of Motivation.

CO3: To understand interpersonal behavior and its importance in organization.

CO4: To understand Group Behaviour and its Dynamics in organisation.

CO5: To understand the need for Organisational Change and Development and Overcoming Resistance to Change.

  PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PO13 PO14 PO15
CO1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
CO2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
CO3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
CO4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
CO5 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1

Text Books / References

Textbooks:
1. Robbins and Judge – Organizational Behavior – Prentice Hall, India.

2. Udai Pareek – Understanding Organizational Behavior – Oxford University Press

References:

1. John W. Newstrom -Organizational Behavior: Human Behavior at Work – McGraw Hill

2. Uma Sekaran – Organizational Behavior – McGraw Hill

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