Management and Organisational Behaviour

                                                                       Syllabus

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Module 1: Introduction         

Nature of Management – The Evolution of Management – Science or Art: Functions of Management- Planning and Decision Making, Organising and Staffing, Controlling and Directing.

Module 2: Organisation Structure, Design, and Development           

Determinants  and Parameters of Organisational Design-Organisation and Environment, Organisational Strategy, Organisation and Technology, Types of Organisational Structures, Organisational Decision-Making and Strategy-Formulation, Organisational Culture ,Organisational Failure and Pathology ,Organisational Learning and Transformation

Module 3: Introduction to Organisational Behaviour                 

Individual Behaviour and Learning – Personality – Transactional Analysis – Values & Value Systems – Emotions – Attitudes – ABC Model – Types of Attitudes – Job Related Outcomes – Perception Processes, Nature – Factors Influencing Individual Decision Making – Implications in the Organisational Context. 

Module 4: Leadership and Motivation         

Introduction – Leadership versus Management – Transition in Leadership Theories – Leadership Theories –Expectancy and the Path-Goal Theory of Leadership, Situational Leadership Theory, Contingency Theories of Leadership, Exchange Theories of Leadership,  Transformational Leadership Theory- Leadership and Change, Contemporary Leadership.

Theories Motivation in Work Settings – Managerial Issues and Challenges – Theories - Maslow’s Need Theory, McGregor XY Theory, Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory, Vroom’s Valence and Instrumentality, New Ideas in Motivation – Eustress, Strength and Hope, Positive Energy and Full Engagement. 

Module 5: Group Dynamics and Team Building

Group Dynamics –Individual and Group Behaviour – Norms of Behaviour, Group Cohesion, Social Loafing, Loss of Individuality, Group Formation and Development – The Five-Stage Model, Factors that Influence Group Effectiveness – Work Team Structure, Work Team Process, Diversity, Creativity – Empowerment Skills and Self-Managed Teams – Johari Window.

Team Building – Working Teams and Team Effectiveness – Intra Team Dynamics – Influence of the Group on Individual – Group Decision Making – Inter Group Relations – Negotiation Skills - Collaboration and Conflict – Conflict Management Styles – Avoiding, Accommodating, Competing, Compromising and Collaborating.

Module 6: Organisational Change: Development & Transformation                     

Introduction to Organisational Change, Forces of Change, Reinventing Kurt Levin, Organisational Routines and Mental Models, Change Need Analysis, Content of Change, Types and Styles of Change, Building Capability for Change, Providing Leadership for Change, Action Research and Dialogue, Types of Change, Organisational Vision, Cultural Change, Strategic Planning, Creating Support System and Managing Transition, Process Oriented Strategies, Competitor Oriented Strategies and Customer Oriented Strategies, Emerging Trends & Transformation.