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1. The Institute of Management Sciences
COURSE OUTLINE
Course Name Organizational Behaviour PreparedOn 01-03-2019
Course Code
CreditHours 03
Instructor Qurat ul ain Semester
Course Description
The course focuses on the behavior of individuals and groups in diverse organizations and on organizational
structure and processes. Besides, there is heavy emphasis on leadership, change management, team
development and continuous improvement. Managers need to know why people behave as they do in relation
to their jobs, their work groups and their organizations. This knowledge of individuals' perceptions,
motivational attitudes and behaviour will enable managers to not only understand themselves better, but also
to adopt appropriate managerial policies and leadership styles to increase their effectiveness.
The focus of instruction will move progressively through the individual, group and organizational levels of
behaviour and will examine the interrelationships of behavioural phenomena among these levels.
Additionally, concepts such as motivation, communication and leadership and their relevance to
organizational behaviour will be examined in detail. The course will also discuss the Islamic perspective of
understanding and directing human behaviour in a specific direction. Course comprises of didactic lectures,
classroom discussions, assignments, quizzes, case studies and a ‘project’.
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO # Description
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This course develops following competencies in the students.
 An ability to use the fundamentals of organization behavior for achieving high
individual performance
 An ability to work efficiently and effectively within groups in business
organizations
 An ability to analyze and apply critical thinking and learning skills related to
real life problems and situations
 An aptitude to use knowledge gained from organizational behavior to

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successfully analyze complex organizational situations and resolve that
complex business problems
 An ability to Synthesize various theories of motivation and leadership and
understand their application to workplace.
Teaching & Learning Methodology
(case studies,role-plays,movie clips,exercises,presentations, homework,assignments,quizzesetc)
Textbook(s)
VII. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK(S)
1. Stephen P. Robbins ;Organizational Behavior; Pearson; New Jersey, 16th Edition
2. Greenberg, Jerald; Behavior in organization; Pearson education Inc. Upper Saddle River; New Jersey,
10th Edition
Reference Book(s)
Reference Books
1. Laurie J.Mullins; Management and Organizational Behavior; Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River; New
jersey; Latest Edition
2. David Bachanan and Andrzes Huczyhski ;Organizational Behavior Introductory text book; Prentice
Hall Upper Saddle River; New jersey; Latest Edition
VIII. JOURNALS
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Main Editor: Timothy D. Ludwig
ISSN: 0160-8061 (Print Version)
ISSN: 1540-8604 (Electronic Version)
Journal Volume: 30
Published By Routledge
GradingPolicy
Assessment Instruments Percentage
Quizzes andassignments 15%
Presentations 05%
Classparticipationandattendance 10%
Mid Term Exam 30%

3. Final Exam 40%
Week-wise Course Outline
Session # Contents Activities
(case studies, role-plays, movie clips,
exercises, presentations, homework,
assignments, quizzes etc )
1 What is Organizational Behavior
o What managers do?( Management
Functions, Roles And Skills)
o Effective Versus Successful Managerial
Activities
 What is organization behaviour?
 Importance of organizational behavior
 Challenges and opportunities for organization
behaviour
 Developing an OB Model
2 Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
 Attitude
o Main components of attitudes
o Does Behaviour Always Follow from
Attitudes
o Major Job Attitudes
Case Study “Apple Goes Global”
3  Job Satisfaction
o Measuring Job Satisfaction
o The Impact of Satisfied and Dissatisfied
Employees on Workplace
Organizational commitment and its types
ASSIGNMENT #1
Case Study Discussion and markings
4 Emotions and Moods
 What are Emotions and Moods
o Basic Emotions
o Basic Moods
Quiz #1
5 Sources of Emotions and Moods
Affective Events Theory
Managing emotions in organizations

4. 6 Personality and Values
 Define Personality and Ways to Measure
Personality?
 Approaches to Measure Personality Traits
o Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
o The Big Five Personality Model
o Other Personality Traits
 Values
 Linking an Individual’s Personality and
Values to Workplace
o Person job fit
o Person organization fit
o International Values
ASSIGNMENT #2
7 Personality and Values Quiz #2
Case Incident: “On the costs of being
nice”
8 Mid-term exam
9 Perception and Individual Decision Making
 What is Perception? Which Factors can
influence Perception
 Person Perception:
o Attribution Theory
o Frequently used Shortcuts in Judging
Others
 Decision making
 Biases and errors in decision making
10 Motivation in organizations
 Basic nature of Motivation
 Key elements of motivation
 Early Theories of Motivation
o Hierarchy of needs theory (Maslow)
o Theory X and theory Y (Douglas
McGregor)
o Two-factor theory (Frederick Herzberg)
o McClelland’s Theory of Needs
ASSIGNMENT # 3
11  Motivating by enhancing fit with an
organization
Case Incident: Equity and Executive

5.  Motivating by setting goals(goal setting
theory)
 Motivating by being equitable (equity theory)
 Motivating by altering
expectations(Expectancy theory)
 Motivating by structuring jobs to make them
interesting(job enlargement, job enrichment,
job redesign)
Pay
12 QUIZ #3 Quiz # 3 from 9,10 and 11 week.
Case study discussions and markings
13 THE GROUP
Group dynamics and work teams
 Defining and classifying groups
 Stages of group development
 Group properties
 Group decision making
 Difference between groups and teams
 Types of teams
 Developing successful teams
14 Leadership
 What is leadership?
 Trait Theories of leadership
 Behavioral theories of leadership
 Contingency Theories
ASSIGNMENT # 4
15 Power and Politics
 Definition of Power
 Contrasting Leadership and Power
 Bases of Power
o Formal Power
o Personal Power
 Power Tactics
 Organizational Politics: Power in Action
 Causes and Consequences of Political
Behaviour
Quiz #4
Case Incident: Delegate Power or
keepit close?
16 Presentations