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This document outlines an Organizational Behavior course at the University of Education in Lahore, Pakistan. The 3 credit hour course is for third semester MSc IT students and will be taught by Dr. Zulqurnain Ali. The course objectives are to understand the nature and features of organizational behavior, its micro and macro aspects, and the relationship between organizational effectiveness at individual and group levels. The course outline covers topics like diversity, attitudes, emotions, personality, perception, decision making, motivation, teams, and organizational structure. Recommended textbooks and research journals are also listed.

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Course Outline OB

This document outlines an Organizational Behavior course at the University of Education in Lahore, Pakistan. The 3 credit hour course is for third semester MSc IT students and will be taught by Dr. Zulqurnain Ali. The course objectives are to understand the nature and features of organizational behavior, its micro and macro aspects, and the relationship between organizational effectiveness at individual and group levels. The course outline covers topics like diversity, attitudes, emotions, personality, perception, decision making, motivation, teams, and organizational structure. Recommended textbooks and research journals are also listed.

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University of Education, Lahore (Multan Campus)

Department of Economics and Business Administration

Course Title: Organizational Behavior Program: MSc IT


Course Code: BUSA3119 Semester: 3rd
Credit Hour: 3(3+0) Course Instructor: Dr. Zulqurnain Ali
Specific Objectives of Course:
After studying this lesson you will be able to:
 Know the nature and features of Organizational Behavior
 Have an understanding of micro and macro aspects of Organizational Behavior.
 The relationship between organizational effectiveness at the individual and group levels
 Aware of various dynamic aspects of Organizational Behavior.

COURSE OUTLINE
Introduction: defining organizational behavior, management and organizational behavior,
important contributors to organizational behavior, developing OB model.
Diversity in Organizations: diversity and its levels. Discrimination. Biographical
characteristics and other differentiating characteristics. Implementing diversity management
strategies. Intellectual and physical abilities.
Attitudes and Job Satisfaction: job related attitudes, job satisfaction and ways to measure it.
What causes job satisfaction? Outcomes of job satisfaction and impact of job dissatisfaction.
Emotions and Moods: what are emotions and moods? Types of basic emotions, sources of
emotions and moods, OB applications of emotions and moods.
Personality and Values: personality, personality frameworks. Personality and situation.
Values and its importance, cultural values.
Perception and Decision Making: perception and its influencing factors, attribution theory,
link between perception and decision making. Decision making constructs in organizations and
its common errors and biases.
Motivation Concepts: defining motivation. Its early and contemporary theories.
Work teams: difference between groups and work teams. Types of teams. Turning individuals
into team players.
Foundations of Organization Structure: what is organizational structure? Common
organizational frameworks. Organizational designs.

Research Report/proposal
Recommended Study (Latest editions):
1. Robbins, P. S. Organizational Behavior
2. Robbins, P. S. and Timothy, Judge A. Organizational Behavior
3. Luthans, Fred. Organizational Behavior
4. Mullins. Organizational Behavior
5. Casicio. Organizational Behaviors

Note: In addition to above, other text (Research Papers), book, Case Studies will be included and
provided.
Link to download articles (Free of Cost):
1. https://sci-hub.se/
2. https://sci-hub.mksa.top/
Journals
 Knowledge Management Research & Practice (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tkmr20/current)
 Journal of Knowledge Management (https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1367-3270)
 Personnel Review (https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0048-3486)
 Personnel Psychology (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17446570)
 Academy of Management Journal (https://aom.org/research/journals/journal)
 International Journal of Selection and Assessment (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14682389)
 International Journal of Manpower (https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0143-7720)
 Human Resource Management Journal (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17488583)
 International Journal of Human Resource Management (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rijh20/current)
 Human Resource Development Quarterly (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15321096)
 Journal of Creative Behavior (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21626057)

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