BA-3361.

001: INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, Spring

2005

Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 09:30 to 10:45 AM

Place: SOM 2.106
Instructor: Padmakumar Nair, SOM 4.208
Telephone: 972-883-6264
Email: padmakumar.nair@utdallas.edu

Office hours: Weekdays 08-10 AM or by appointment

INTRODUCTION
A good knowledge of Organizational Behavior is important for all of us. This is because
we all are members of some kind of organizations. The smallest organization we belong
is our family! In this course we will look at organizational behavior mainly from a
positive psychology point of view. That means that we will focus our attention on
creating, fostering and managing organizations in which people thrive and perform at
their best.

TEXT BOOK
Organizational Behavior, 10th ed., Hellriegel and Slocum, South-Western.

EXAMS
There will be two MULTIPLE CHOICE exams and a make-up exam* at the end of the
semester. The exam will be in the class and will last for 60 minutes. Please note that the
exam will be closed book and may contain 10% bonus questions. Each exam counts for
50% of your final grade.

Exam I 50%

Exam II 50%
*
Make-up-Exam, will be comprehensive in nature, is for those who have missed one of
the above exams. It should be noted that the Make-up-Exam will not have any bonus
questions.
COURSE SCHEDULE (Tentative)
Date Content
Week 1 Chapters 1, 2 and 3
01/11 (Individual Differences)
01/13
Week 2 MBTI test
01/18 (Individual Differences)
01/20
Week 3 Chapters 4, 5 and 6
01/25 (Motivation)
01/27
Week 4 Chapters 5 and 6 (revision)
02/01 (Motivation)
02/03
Week 5 Movie 12 angry men
02/08 Chapter 8
02/10 (Understanding Teams / Group and Social Processes)
Week 6 Chapters 9 and 12
02/15 (Communication, Conflict and Negotiation)
02/17
Week 7 Exam I Review (Feb. 22nd ) (I will answer your questions in the
02/22 class)
02/24 Exam I (Feb. 24th )
Week 8 Chapters 13
03/01 (Decision Making)
03/03
Week 9 Chapters 13
03/15 (Decision Making)
03/17
Week 10 Chapters 10 and 11
03/22 (Leadership)
03/24
Week 11 Chapters 15
03/29 Video Southwest Airline
03/31 (Org. Culture)
Week 12 Chapters 14
04/05 (Org. Design)
04/07
Week 13 Chapters 16
04/12 (Org. Change)
04/14
Week 14 Exam II Review (April 19th ) (I will answer your questions in the class)
04/19 and 04/21 Exam II (April 21st )
Week 15, 04/26 Comprehensive Make-Up Exam (only for those who missed one of the above exams