ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Course code: IM753 Credits:03

L: P: T: S: 3: 0: 0: 0 CIE Marks: 50
Exam Hours: 03 SEE Marks: 100
Total Hours: 40

Course Objectives:
1. Understand the individual behavior within various workplace situations.
2. Analyze organizational behavioral issues in the context of organizational behavior
theories, models and concepts.
3. Summarize how organizational change and culture affect working relationships within
organizations

Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, student will be able to:

Apply relevant contempory theories, concepts and models in order to examine

CO1
organizational environments.
CO2 Illustrate the impact of perception, personality and emotions in workplace
Examine individual and group behavior and analyze the implications of organizational
CO3
behavior on the process of management.
Distinguish between a number of different theories about leadership and its
CO4
implications in work place
CO5 Design the concept of organizational behavior in workplace for transforming workforce
Connect models and theories about organizational behavior can be used to promote
CO6 the effectiveness of individuals, groups and organizations and to affect successful
change.

Mapping of Course outcomes to Program outcomes:

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12
CO1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
CO2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
CO3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
CO4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
CO5 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
CO6 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Unit -1
INTRODUCTION: Definition of Organization Behavior, Environmental context
(Information Technology and Globalization, Diversity and Ethics, Design and Cultural,
Reward Systems).
THE INDIVIDUAL: Foundation of individual behavior, Ability
8 Hours

UNIT - 2
LEARNING: Definition, Theories of Learning, Individual Decision Making, classical
conditioning, operant conditioning, social making, learning theory, continuous and
intermittent reinforcement.
PERCEPTION: Definition, Factors influencing perception, attribution theory, selective
perception, projection, stereotyping, Halo effect.

8 Hours

UNIT - 3
VALUES AND ATTITUDES: Definition – values, Attitudes: Types of values, job satisfaction,
job involvement, professional Ethics, Organizational commitment, cognitive dissonance.
MOTIVATION: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Mc. Gregor’s theory X and Y, Herzberg’s
motivation Hygiene theory, David Mc Cleland three needs theory, Victor Vroom’s
expectancy theory of motivation.
8 Hours
UNIT - 4
THE GROUP: Definition and classification of groups, Factors affecting group formation,
stages of group development, Norms, Hawthorne studies, group processes, , group decision
making.
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT: Definition of conflict, functional and dis-functional conflict,
stages of conflict process.

8Hours
UNIT - 5
LEADERSHIP: Definition, Behavioural theories – Blake and Mounton managerial grid,
Contingency theories – Hersey - Blanchard’s situational theory, Leadership styles –
characteristics, Transactional, transformation leaders.
THE ORGANIZATION: Mechanistic and Organic structures, Minitberg’s basic elements of
organization, Organizational Designs and Employee behaviour, organization development
– quality of work life (QWL),

8 Hours
Self-study component:

UNIT 1: Historical development,

UNIT 2: Application of Attribution theory
UNIT 3: Application of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Mc. Gregor’s theory X and Y
UNIT 4: case study on conflict management ,group tasks
UNIT 5: Team building.

Note: NO questions from illustrative examples and from Self Study Component.

TEXT BOOKS:
th
1. Organizational Behaviour – Stephen.P.Robbins - PearsonEducation Publications - 9
Edn, ISBN–81–7808–561-5.
2. Organizational Behaviour – Schermerhorn - Wiley India Pvt Ltd – 9th Edn.
3. Management of Organizational Behaviors - Paul Henry and Kenneth H. Blanchard –
Prentice Hall of India - 1996.
4. Organizational Behaviour – Fred Luthans - Mc Graw Hill International Edition – 9th
Edn., ISBN–0–07– 20412–1

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Organization Behaviour – Hellriegel, Srocum and woodman, Thompson Learning -
Prentice Hall India – 9th Edition, 2001.
2. Organizational Behaviour – VSP Rao and others - Konark Publishers - 2002.
Assessment Pattern:
CIE –Continuous Internal Evaluation Theory (50 Marks)
Bloom’s Category Tests Assignments AAT1 AAT2
Marks (Out of 50) 30 10 05 05
Remember 10 01
Understand 10 05 01 01
Apply 10 05 02 01
Analyze 02 02
Evaluate
Create
*AAT – Alternate Assessment Tool
SEE –Semester End Examination Theory (50 Marks)

Bloom’s Category Marks

Theory(50)
Remember 10
Understand 20
Apply 5
Analyze 5
Evaluate 10
Create