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    McGill University Desautels Faculty ‘of Management Introduction to Organizational Behavior ‘Course No. MGCR 222 Fall 2017 ~Mon/Wed Instructor: Sharyn Sepinwall, Ph.D Office Hours: After Class Office- Room 236 .aryn sepinwall@meal.ca ‘Secrotary: Linda Foster Office: Room 454 INTRODUCTION MGCR 222 is the introcuctory core course in Organizational Behavior (OB), The primary objecive ‘ofthis course Isto teach students about the effects of individual and group behavior on ‘organizational processes and outcomes. Throughout the course an emphasis is placed on how you, {88 an organizational member, might experience and interpret these processes. A major feature of this couree is that it emphasizes learning about interpersonal sls. “This course uses a variety of teaching methods to encourage both an intellectual understanding and 2 personal sanse of the subject matter. Lecture sessions are coupled with experiential learing techniques (e.g. cases, role plays, simulations and discussion groups) and audio-visual materials, (fms and videos) to fasitate understanding of the concepts of te course and to demonstrate their “application to managenent situations typically encountered in organizations, ‘The course has three topic areas: 1) Understanding Individuals in the Workplace. To function in today’s changing workplace, you reed to have an urderstanding of indvidual differences, motvalion and rewards, and working in ‘groups. 2), Communicating and Decision making. One important aspect of working with others is knowing howto communicate effectively, how to give feedback, how to make decisions, and how to handle conflict. tis also useful to know how to negotiate effectively. You wil earn how to deal ‘with confct and communicate feedback to others, and in the process of working on your group project you wll no doubt experience many opportunities for negotiation. 3) Leading Others. One important aspect of being a manager is understanding how to lead thers. Inthis course you wil learn about leadership ang power, and then reflect on these issues as they relate to gender diferences and stress. For the purposes of lecure time, | generally look trough the chapter for material that! think will be dlificult or chalanging and | aim some ofthe class tie towards those topics. try balance that “with topies that think ere fun or interesting | make no attempt at all to comprehensively cover the text Book chapter material in lass, Instead, | allocate atleast half of each class to in-class fexercises and discussions where material is applied. Please note, however, that forthe quizzes you {are responsible for all material covered in the textbook, as wel as from classroom activites, videos ‘and guest speakers. Welcome and good luck! ‘Student Rights In accord with McGill University’s Charter of Student Rights, students in this course have the right to submit in Engish or Franch any writen work that isto be graded. ‘Academie Integrity McGill University values integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meaning and ‘consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student and Discipinary (see yaww.mcail.ca/inteaarity for more information). LLuniversité McGill attaché une haute importance a thonnéteté académique. Ilincombe par ‘conséquent a tous les étudiants de comprendre ce que on entend par tichero, plagat et autres infractions académiques, ainsi que les conséquences que peuvent avoir de telles actions, salon lo Code de conduite de 'étudiant et des procédures disciplinaires (pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez consulter le site wwrw.magil.calntegri) Expected Accomplishments ‘During this course you will be exposed to a variety of topics and understandably, you will be ‘expected to master a basic understanding of the concepts of organizational behavior. More Portanty, you will be engaged in an ongoing group process so that you can work on achieving ‘some mastery inthe following interpersonal dynamics! 1) awareness of how your values and attitudes affect the dynamics of your group 2) awareness of how feedback, or lack of it, affects the group process 3) awareness of how motivating others, or faling to motivate others, directly affects ‘group outcomes: 4) awareness of how you can more effectively contribute to group processes inthe future ASSIGNMENTS: READING AND EXERCISES ‘You wil be working primarily from the textbook and_ handouts that | will provide containing articles and exercises. Concepts and how they apply in organizations may appear simple on the surface, but 'ypically they are subtle, complex and more dificult to apply. To understand the material covered in, this course and do wel in the examinations it's crucial that you read the material BEFORE class. sessions so that you can contribute thoughtfully tothe class discussions and exercises Please bring your textbook to each class meeting, ‘Textbook: Organizational Behavior Uni-Bien, Schermerhorn, Osborn 43th Editon Wiey GRADING AND ASSIGNMENTS: 4. Rellecton Paper Due Dec. 4 10% 2, Group Project Topics and Dates tobe determined 15% 3 Quzt- ont. 4 25% 4 Que2- Nov. 13 3% 5. Quz3- Dec. 6 10% 6. Class Participation and Homework (Portfolio dte Dec. 6) 5% 7. Written assignment: Based on video “12 Angry Men" Due Nov.1 10% lection ‘Working ndvidvlly reflect upon ané analyze your project group. The gol ofthis experience isto reflect on your experience in the group and analyze your groups strengths and weaknesses, using the topics covered in ‘the course, You should seetto int those domains in which your group dé well and why you belleve was. successful ln those arenas. Conversely, you should as Kentfy the dimensions in which your group ad

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