Learning Objectives
Organizational Behavior is a three credit unit course offered by three hundred level students. It investigates the manner that people interact, think feel and do in organizations. It is a field of study which draws its worth on a number of disciplines and is recognized for teaching and research purpose as a distinct subject domain in its own right. The purpose of this course is to help students understand behavior in organizations. The knowledge of this course is not only relevant for managers and leaders but is useful to anyone who has anything to do with organizations. In this course, we will introduce you to the field of organizational behavior and the theory, outline the main reasons why you should know more about it, describe the fundamental perspectives behind the study of organizations, and introduce the concept that organizations are knowledge and learning systems
At the end of this course, it is expected that the following learning objectives would be achieved.
1. Explain the concept and significance of understanding behavior in organizations.
2. how to manage people in organizations
3. Understand the concepts that organizations are knowledge and learning systems
4. Explain and illustrate the main processes in person perceptions
5. Understand that individuals are different and to develop an understanding of the behavior of people in complex social settings
6. Understand that culture is a powerful template that shapes what happens in the workplace
7. Understand leadership and leaders as defined by the people they serve
8. Understand that power and politics are necessary tools to coordinate organizational activities
9. Understand the fundamental processes in organizational structure
10. Understand the dynamics of conflicts in organizational settings
Course Outline
1. An overview of organizational behavior
2. Managing people and organizations – the challenges of informal and emergent work systems
3. Learning in organizations ( behavior modification)
4. Perception and attribution in organizations
5. Theories of organizational behavior and their relevance to Nigeria behavioral model building
6. Exercise in simple models of behavior observable in Nigeria in Nigerian organizations.
7. Theories of behavioral change,and managing resistance to planned change
- Teacher: Monica Gajere