Organizational Behaviour & Design
Subject Overview
Organizational Behaviour & Design covers individual behaviour, learning and emotions, personality/attitudes/perception/motivation/leadership, group behaviour and organizational culture, and organizational design/structure and conflict management. A 4-credit core theory paper.
Unit-wise Syllabus
4 units — click WhatsApp below to get the full notes for each
Unit 1: Individual behaviour foundations
Meaning and contributing disciplines of OB, challenges and opportunities, foundations and determinants of individual behaviour, learning theories and reinforcement schedules, behaviour modification, emotions/moods and emotional intelligence
Unit 2: Personality, motivation and leadership
Determinants of personality, Myers-Briggs and Big Five models, attitudes and values, cognitive dissonance theory, perception process and attribution theory, early and contemporary motivation theories, leadership nature, theories and styles, transactional leadership and charisma
Unit 3: Group behaviour and culture
Transactional analysis (ego states, Johari window), group formation stages and theories, types of teams, group properties (roles, norms, status, cohesiveness), stress management, organizational culture meaning and dimensions
Unit 4: Organizational design and conflict
Organizational theory and life cycle, organization-environment relationship, organizational design factors and dimensions (complexity, formalization, centralization), traditional and contemporary organizational structures, conflict management, learning organizations, power and politics