Organizational Behaviour
Subject Overview
Organizational Behaviour is where BBA students move from managing tasks to understanding people — how individuals and groups actually behave inside organizations. You'll cover the foundations of individual behaviour and learning theories, then perception, attitude, personality and motivation, group dynamics and leadership, and close with conflict management, stress management, and organizational culture. This is a 6-credit core paper across 4 units, and it's the essential foundation for Human Resource Management and Organizational Change and Development later in the program.
Unit-wise Syllabus
4 units — click WhatsApp below to get the full notes for each
Unit 1: Introduction to OB & individual behaviour
Meaning and relevance of organizational behaviour, contributing disciplines, challenges and opportunities for OB, foundations of individual behaviour, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning theory, behaviour modification
Unit 2: Perception, attitude, personality & motivation
Nature and process of perception, perceptual errors, meaning and components of work-related attitude, determinants and traits of personality, theories of work motivation (Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor, Vroom, Porter-Lawler)
Unit 3: Group behaviour & leadership
Group dynamics, types and development of groups, group norms, roles and cohesiveness, work teams and effective team creation, leadership styles, trait theory and behavioural theories of leadership
Unit 4: Conflict, stress & organizational culture
Meaning, types and sources of conflict, the conflict management process, sources of stress and stress management approaches, meaning, types and dimensions of organizational culture