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UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

COURSE SYLLABUS
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School School of Business and Economics (SOBE)
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Department / Centre School of Business & Economics
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Programme BBA
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Name of Course Organizational Behaviour
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Course Code MGT- 2318
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Trimester and Year Summer, 2021
7 Pre-requisites Principles of Management
8 Status Core Business Course
9 Credit Hours 3
10 Section A,D
11 A: Sat/Tue : 09:00 am – 10:30 am
Class Hours
D: Sun/Wed : 03:35 pm - 05:05 pm
Name (s) of
Shayla Khanam (SK)
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Assistant Professor
Instructor(s)
15 Contact [email protected], 01711192454
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Office Room # 435 /C
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1 Organizational Behavior, Stephen P. Robbins and Timothy A. Judge,
Text Book
8 17th Edition, Prentice-Hall.
19 Robbins et al (2015; 15th Edition) Organizational Behavior, New York: Pearson
Reference
Prentice Hall.
Every business, every organization, and every team is fundamentally a collection of
people who are working together towards one or more common goals or, as one
scholar put it, “The people make the place.”   Thus, a foundational understanding of
people and human relationships in a workplace context is vital to the short-term and
Course Rationale long-term viability of any enterprise.  This class is designed to combine theory and
practice in order to bring about a better understanding how individuals, teams, and
21 organizations function. 

This course deals with human behavior in organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case
discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to course topics which include:
2 Course Description employee attitudes and personality, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, conflict
2 and negotiation, diversity, organizational design, and culture. Class sessions and
assignments are intended to help participants acquire skills and analytic concepts to
improve organizational relationships and effectiveness.
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1. Understand basic concepts of organizational behavior.

2 2. Develop analytical skills to solve organizational behavioral problems
Course Objectives
3 3. Develop an understanding of international organizational behavior.

After the end of this course, the students will be able to:
1. Define organizational behavior and demonstrate the importance of
interpersonal skills in the workplace.
2. To identify the major behavioral science disciplines, and the contributions to
Organizational Behavior.
24 3. To summarize the relationship between attitudes and behavior with an
Learning Outcomes understanding of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction.
4. To understand employee personality and values and individual differences
that affects the organization.
5. To analyze motivation through needs, job design and satisfaction.
6. To understand the variables in individual and group decision making,
problem solving and group dynamics and the main function and process of
communication.
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Teaching Methods Lecture, Case Studies, Term-paper/Assignment, Presentation.
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Topic Outline
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Lecture No. Topics of Discussion

1 Orientation

2 What is Organizational Behavior? What managers do, management functions, management

roles, management skills,.
3 Disciplines that contribute to the OB field, Challenges and opportunities for OB

4 Main components of attitude, does behavior always follow from attitude? What are the major
job attitudes?
5 &6 Job satisfaction, measuring job satisfaction, the impact of satisfied and dissatisfied employees
on the work place, job satisfaction and job performance, job satisfaction and OCB, job
satisfaction and customer satisfaction, absenteeism, turnover and workplace violence.
Quiz-1

7 What is personality? Personality determinants, MBTI

8 Big-5 Personality, The Dark triad, other personality attributes relevant to OB

9 Values, Linking an individual’s personality and values to the workplace, Cultural values

Quiz-2

10 Motivation concepts, Hierarchy of needs theory, Theory X and Theory Y, Two factors Theory

11 McClelland’s theory of needs, Equity Theory, Expectancy theory, case study and discussion

12 One Individual Assignment + Viva (one-to-one discussion)

(summary of understanding/case study)
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13 Mid- Term Examination

14 Job Characteristics model, how can job be redesigned, Employee involvement

15 What-to-pay, How-to-pay, Intrinsic reward

16 Define group, Why do people form a group? Five –stages of group model

17 Group properties

18 , Group vs. Team, Types of Team

19 Team effectiveness Model

Quiz-3,

20 What is leadership, Trait theories

21 Behavioural theories, Contingency theories of leadership

22 Defining conflict, Types of conflict, the conflict process

23 Negotiation, bargaining strategies, the negotiation process, Review of final Syllabus

24 Group Presentation

*** The syllabus is not limited to the above topics and may be changed as and when required.
*** Extra classes will be taken if necessary.

Assessment Methods

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Letter Marks % Grade Letter Marks% Grade
Grade Point Grade Point
28 A (Plain) 90-100 4.00 C+ (Plus) 70-73 2.33
A- (Minus) 86-89 3.67 C (Plain) 66-69 2.00
Grading Policy B+ (Plus) 82-85 3.33 C- (Minus) 62-65 1.67
B (Plain) 78-81 3.00 D+ (Plus) 58-61 1.33
B- (Minus) 74-77 2.67 D (Plain) 55-57 1.00
F (Fail) <55 0.00
a. Class Attendance and Participation:
Class attendance is mandatory (at 85% of classes) to qualify for grading as per university
policy. But I will grade you on the basis of your in time presence. So after taking
attendance of the class (usually in the beginning of the class), there will be no provision for
recording attendance.
29 b. Examination:
There is NO provision for make-up of missed classes and quizzes.
Additional Course Expect quiz on completion of each topic.
Policies c. Plagiarism
Any kind of (copying, cheating in exam and assignments) are strictly prohibited.

d. Assignment and Term Project:

Failure to submit the Assignments, Term Paper on the due date will result in 50%
deduction from the possible score.
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a. Academic Calendar Summer 2021:

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Additional
b. Academic Information and Policies:
Information
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