Organizational Behavior MBS first Semester

 Unit: 1 Introduction to Organizational BEHAVIOR

1. CONCEPT OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
2. IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR  
3. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR SYSTEM
4. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT / BASIS ASSUMPTIONS OF OB
5. LEVEL OF OB ANALYSIS/SCOPE OF OB
6. CONTRIBUTING DISCIPLINE TO THE FIELD OF OB
7. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OB
8. EMERGING TRENDS IN OB

Unit: 2 Foundations of individual Behavior

1. CONCEPT OF INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR
2. BEHAVIOR AS AN INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM
3. BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF BEHAVIOR
4. PROCESS OF HUMAN THINKING/A SIMPLE MENTAL PROCESS  
5. HIGHER MENTAL / COGNITIVE PROCESS
6. THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES IN PROBLEM RECOGNITION
7. DETERMINANTS OF INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR
8. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEED, MOTIVES AND BEHAVIOR

Unit 3: Perception and Attribution

1. CONCEPT OF PERCEPTION
2. FEATURES OF PERCEPTION
3. PERCEPTUAL PROCESS/MODEL
4. FACTORS AFFECTING PERCEPTION
5. PERCEPTUAL ERRORS/FREQUENLY USED SHORTCUT IN JUDGING OTHERS
6. PERCEPTUAL SET IN ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS
7. PRINCIPLES OF PERCEPTUAL SELECTION
8. PERSONS PERCEPTION: MAKING JUDGEMENT ABOUT OTHERS
9. INTERNAL VS EXTERNAL CAUSES OF BEHAVIOR
10. SPECIFIC APPLICATION OF PERSON PERCEPTION IN ORGANIZATIONS
11. PERCEPTION AND INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING

Unit 4: Personality and Attitudes

1. CONCEPT  OF PERSONALITY
2. Hofstede’s Framework of Personality
3. Approaches to Understanding Personality Traits and Dimensions - Cattel’s 16 Personality Factors (16PF)
4. The “Big Five” Personality Theory
5. Personality Profiling Using DISC (Dominance, Influence, Steadiness,
   compliance) methodology
6. Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation Behavior
7. Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation Behavior
8. Personality Traits - Locus of Control, Authoritarianism, Dogmatism, Machiavellianism, Risk Propensity, Self-esteem, Self-monitoring
9. Concept of Attitudes
10. Components of Attitudes
11. Functions of Attitudes
12. Changing Attitudes - Barriers to changing attitudes, Providing New Information, Use of Fear, Resolving Discrepancies, Influence of Friends or Peers, The Co-
    opting Approach
13. Organizational commitment - Meaning and dimensions (Affective, Continuance, and normative)
14. Guidelines to Enhance Organizational Commitment;
15. Organizational Citizenship behaviors (OCBs)

 

Unit 5: Positive Organizational Behavior

1.  

Unit 6: Motivation and Stress Management

1. CONCEPT OF MOTIVATION
2. CHALLENGES OF MOTIVATION
3. MOTIVATION PROCESS
4. THEORIES OF MOTIVATION
5. ISSUES IN MOTIVATION
6.  

Unit 7: Groups and Teams in Organizations

Unit 8: Leadership

Unit 9: Communication and Conflict

Unit 10: Organizational Change and Development