This document outlines the course objectives and modules for an Organizational Behavior course at Amity Business School. The course aims to give students a better understanding of individual behavior, group dynamics, leadership, and how organizations function. It covers topics like motivation, communication, change management, and ethics. Assessment includes class tests, projects, and case studies. Recommended textbooks are also listed.

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Organizational Behavior
Credit Units: 02
Parul Yadav

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Course Objectives
This course is designed to give students a better
understanding and grasp of the basic concepts and
theories underlying individual behaviour besides
developing better insights into one’s own self, Individual
behaviour in groups, dynamics of groups and team
building besides developing a better awareness of how
they can be better facilitators for building effective teams
as leaders themselves

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• Module I: Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour
• Understanding Organizational Behavior and Foundations of
Individual Behaviour.
• Nature, Scope, Limitations and Importance of Organizational
Behaviour.
• Models, Approaches and Multidisciplinary Nature of Organizational
Behaviour.
• International Dimensions of Organizational Behaviour and Emerging
Challenges in Global Context.
• Future of Organizational Behaviour.

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• Module II: Learning and Behaviour Modification
through Motivation
• Issues between Organizations and Individuals.
• Values, Attitudes-Job Satisfaction, Job Involvement and
Organizational Commitment.
• Personality- Introduction, Features, Determinants, Traits, Theories
and Matching of Personality with Jobs.
• Perception-Introduction, Attribution Theory and Individual Decision
Making.
• Introduction and Theories of Learning.
• Contributions to Behaviour Modification.
• Transactional Analysis
• Early Theories and Determinants of Motivation.
• Introduction, Nature, Applications and Complexities in Motivation.
• Appraising and Rewarding Performance.

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• Module III: Leadership and Group Dynamics-
Building Organizations through Human Glue
• Group Dynamics- Concept, Types, Models of Group, Stages in
Group Development, Informal Organizations and Communications-
Group Decision Making, Meetings, Creating High Performance
Teams.
• Conflict in Organizations and Negotiation
• Organizational Power, Influence and Politics
• Nature, Approaches, Theories and Styles of Leadership-
Conventional Vs Global Perspectives
• Empowerment and Participation-Nature, Process, Programs and
Considerations towards Labour-Union Attitude towards Participation

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• Module IV: Organizations and their Effects
• Organizational Change and Work systems- Resistance to Change
and Implementing Change Successfully.
• Organizational Culture
• Organizational Structures, Technology and Designs.
• Overview of Organizational Development- Benefits and Limitations.
• Quality of working Life (QWL) and Socio Technical Systems.
• Managing Communication, Managerial Roles and Skills.
• Coaching, Fear at Workplace, Stress and Counseling.

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• Module V: Ethics and Social Responsibilities
• Introduction-Ethics and Unethical Behaviour.
• Creating an ethical workforce-Guidelines for Managers

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Internal Assessment
• Class test – 10 Marks
• Project – 10 Marks
• Case Study – 5 Marks

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• Text:
• K. Ashwathappa, Organisational Behaviour, Tata McGraw-Hill
• Keith Davis, Organisational Behaviour, Tata Mc Graw-Hill
• Keith Davis, Human Behaviour at Work, Tata McGraw-Hill
• R.K.Suri, Organizational Behavior Text and Cases, Wisdom
Publications.
• Luthans, F. (2005), Organizational Behaviour, McGraw – Hill
International Edition.
• Robbins, S.P. (2005), Organizational Behaviour, Eleventh Edition,
Prentice Hall of India.
• Greenberg, J. & Baron, R.A. (2005), Behaviour in Organizations,
Pearson Education.

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• Organizations are social systems

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“ the organization of enterprises and effective
strategies will depend more on development and
deployment of intellectual resources than on the
management of physical assets”.

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“Managing people is often troublesome”
Why might this be?

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• Human behavior at work is much more
complicated and diverse than is suggested by
the economic-security-working condition
approach.

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Organizational Behaviour
• Organizational behavior is the systematic study of human
behavior, attitudes and performance within an organizational
setting; drawing on theory methods and principles from such
disciplines as psychology, sociology and cultural anthropology to
learn about individual perceptions, values, learning capacities and
actions while working in groups and careful application of knowledge
about how people- as individuals and as groups- act within the total
organization; analyzing the external environment’s effect on the
organization and its human resources, missions, objectives and
strategies.

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• OB draws upon elements from a wide range of social scientific
disciplines:
• Sociology examines human behaviour in relation to various social,
political, psychological and economic conditions that affect it, but in
turn are produced or reproduced by it.
• Psychology concentrates on how individuals think and behave.
• Politics focuses on competitive struggles for political power and
influence in society