POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME COURSE OUTLINE

Course Title :

Behaviour at Work

PGP :

2016 18

Instructor

Prof. Biswajeet Pattanayak

Prof. Phalgu Niranjana

Term :

I (1st year)

1.0.

Objective:

To develop an understanding of Individual, interpersonal and group behaviour

in an organisational environment;

To understand how the study of organisational behaviour can facilitate

improvement in performance and well being of people at work;

To make the students aware of the use of organisational behaviour to promote

effectiveness of individuals and groups, and thereby enable the managers to
contribute more efficiently and effectively in the workplace.

2.0.

Intended Learning Outcome: At the end of the course, the student will be able to

2.0

diagnose and effectively deal with the issues of human behaviour in

organisations;
understand the dynamics of interaction and integration between the individual
and the organisation;
capture the full complexity of organisational behaviour.

Text Book

Reference Book :
3.0

Evaluation
:
Quizzes
Assignments
Final Examination

4.0

Essentials of Organisational Behaviour

by Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge & Seema Sanghi (Pearson)
Organisational Behaviour
by Fred Luthans (Tata McGraw Hills)
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20%
20%
60%

Session Details :

Session
1

2
3

Topic
Readings
Introduction to Organisational Chapter 1
Behaviour & Contemporary (Text Book)
Challenges
Understanding the Individual Chapter 2
Personality
(Text Book)
Self Awareness & Interpersonal Course
Relationships
Materials

Case(s)/Exercise(s)
What do you know about
human behaviour? (E), Rob
Panco (C)
Big Five Locator (E), A
Management Scenario (C)
FIRO B (E)

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5

Motivation
Applications
Values & Beliefs

Attitude & Attitudinal Change

Perception
&
Management

10

Interpersonal Dynamics: Ego

States & Transactions
Positive
Organisational
Behaviour
Emotional Intelligence

11

Individual Decision Making

12

Understanding Group Dynamics

13

Group Decision Making

14

Team Building & Effectiveness

15

Leadership & its Contemporary

Developments

16
17

Leadership : Contemporary
Developments
Power & Politics

18

Stress & Its Management

19

Communication & Its Processes

20

Productive
Management

Concepts

& Chapter 5

Impression

Conflict

What motivates you? (E),

Andheri Workshop (C)
Chapter 2
What do you value? (E), The
(Text Book)
Girl & The Sailor (C)
Chapter 4
Self
Esteem
&
Attitude
Assessment (E), Ajit Verma,
(Text Book)
The MBA (C)
Chapter 3 & Eyes of the beholder (M)
12 (Text Book)
Course
P-A-C (E)
Materials
Course
Happiness Scale (E)
Materials
Chapter 7
Emotional Intelligence (E)
(Text Book)
Chapter 3
Do you decide with your head
(Text Book)
or heart? (E), I dont make
decisions (C)
Chapter 8
Movies
(Text Book)
Chapter 8
Desert Survival (E)
(Text Book)
Chapter 9
Team Activity
(Text Book)
Chapter 11
Whats your Leadership Style?
(Text Book)
(E),
Bill
Gates
&
The
Management of Microsoft (C)
Chapter 11
Group Presentation
(Text Book)
Chapter 12
Personal Power profile (E),
(Text Book)
The Struggle for Power in
Benara Electronics (C)
Course
Determine Your Stress Level
Materials
(E), Type A Type B Exercise
(E)
Chapter 10
Dynamics of Communication
(Text Book)
(C) Rumour Clinics (G)
Chapter 13
Understand your own conflict
(Text Book)
management
style
(E)
Prisoners Dilemma (G)

FINAL-TERM EXAMINATION
Assignment 1: Individual assignment
Each student has to study the motivation profile of 10 students (in the age group of 18
25 yrs) and prepare a comparative report on that.

The Report, of minimum 2000 words, should be submitted on or before the 10th Session.

Assignment 2 : Group assignment (End Term)

Each group has to study the profile of the leader, his working styles, achievements and
contribution to the industry. They have to make a critical review of the leadership traits
with a comparative analysis with new leadership thoughts.
o Group 1 : Tim Cook
o Group 2 : Azim Premji
o Group 3 : Jeff Bezos
o Group 4 : Sunil Bharti Mittal
o Group 5 : Indra Nooyi
o Group 6 : Mukesh Ambani
o Group 7 : Howard Schultz
o Group 8 : Mark Zuckerberg

They have to make the presentation in the 16th class.

They have to write a report on this leader with minimum 2500 words. The last day of the
submission of the report is on or before the 20th Session.

Case
Exercise
Games
Movie

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