ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOUR - 1 (INDIVIDUAL PROCESS) 1.

CONTEXT OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Meaning and significance of OB; contributing disciplines; basic assumptions & characteristics New context of O.B.: Historical evolution Challenges and opportunities for O.B.: Emerging issues Framework for O.B. 1. ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT External environment Organization- environment relationship Linking environments and organization Internal environment 3. ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOUR AND FOUNDATION COMPETENCIES Self competency Communication competency Diversity competency Across culture competency Teams competency Change competency 4. INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES 1: PERSONALITY Meaning; person situation debate; psychological contracts; ability and aptitude Differences in personality; Heredity, learning, culture as determinants Personality traits and dimensions: Approaches to understanding the traits Psychological solving behaviours Personality traits 5. INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES 2: PERCEPTION The concept and need for studying Perceptual organization Perceptual interpretation Attribution process Perceiving others Comparison of own perception with others estimation 6. INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES 3: LEARNINGS AND REINFORCEMENT Meaning and importance; barriers; approaches Cognitive and programmed learnings Sense making

Learning styles Reinforcement: Positive; negative; contingencies of reinforcement; schedules of reinforcement Behaviour and its modification Transfer of learning through training

7. INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES 4: ATTITUDES AND VALUES Meaning and scope; attitude and behaviour Work attitude Belief & trust Attitudes and values 8. INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES 5: WORK MOTIVATION Meaning; process; need performance link General model; motivation and performance Content model of motivation Process models of motivation Motivation by comparison Applications of motivation Reward system Behaviour modification; job design and redesign Motivation by employment 9. INDIVIDUAL PROCESS -6: WORK STRESS Meaning, nature and types Cause of stress; contributing factors Consequences Management of stress 10. ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING Nature of decision making Decision making and managerial process Problems in decision making process Improving decision making Models of individual decision making Employee reactions to organizational decision making

Reference books
Kavita Singh: Organizational Behaviour ( Pearson: 2010): Chs. 17;12 Pierce & Garden: Management & Organization Behaviour (Cengage: 2002) : Ch. 4

Slocum & Hellriegel : Essentials of Organization Behaviour (Cengage: 2007) : Ch. 1