Organisational Behaviour And Design

Syllabus

MBA 301-18: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN

Unit-1

Organisational Behaviour: Meaning, Foundations, Contributing Disciplines to OB, Challenges and Opportunities for OB.

Individual Behaviour: Foundations of Individual Behaviour, Determinants of Individual Behaviour.

Learning and Reinforcement: Theories of Learning, Schedules of Reinforcement, Behaviour Modification.

Emotions and Moods: Types and Sources of Emotions, Emotional Intelligence, Managing Emotions at Work Place.

Unit-2

Personality: Determinants of Personality, The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Model of personality, The Big Five Model of Personality, Traits of Personality.

Attitudes & Values: Sources and Types of Attitude, Cognitive Dissonance Theory, Types of Attitudes at Work Place, Attitude Change.

Perception: Factors Influencing Perception, Process of Perception, Attribution Theory of Perception, Perceptual Distortions and Improving Perceptions.

Motivation: Early and Contemporary Theories of Motivation, Application of Motivation Process.

Leadership: Nature and Significance of Leadership, Theories of Leadership, Behavioural Styles of Leaderships, Leadership Traits, Transactional Leadership, Concept of Charisma Leaders.

Unit-3

Transactional Analysis: Ego States, Life Positions, Johari Window Model.

Foundations of Group Behaviour: Nature and Concept of Group, Group Formation, Stages of Group Formation, Theories of Group Formation, Types of Teams, Issues in Team Management.

Group Properties: Roles, Norms, Status, Size, Cohesiveness and Decisions Making in Groups.

Stress Management: Sources of Stress, Approaches for Stress Management.

Organizational Culture: Meaning, Concept and Dimensions of Organizational Culture, Developing Organizational Culture, Cultural Differences.

Unit-4

Understanding Organisations: Meaning and Importance of Organisations, Organisational Theory, Organizational Life Cycle.

Organization and Environment: General vs Specific Environment, Actual vs Perceived Environment, Environmental Uncertainty.

Organisational Design: Meaning, Factors Influencing Organisational Design: Organizational Strategy, Size, Technology, Environment. Dimensions of Organizational Design: Complexity, Formalization, Centralization. Common Organizational Designs: Traditional Designs and Contemporary Designs. Organisational Structure: Meaning and Types of Organisational Structures.

Conflict Management: Meaning, Types and Sources of Conflict, Process of Conflict Management, Approaches to Conflict Management.

Learning Organizations: Meaning of Learning Organisations, Creating Learning Organisations.

Power and Politics in Organizations: Nature & Concepts, Sources and Types of Power, Tactics and Techniques of Politics.