SBM-NMIMS: COURSE TEACHING PLAN

With Assurance of Learning components

Course
Code
Course Groups and Organizational Dynamics
Title
Course Prof Seema Rawat
Instructor/s
Credit 1.5
Value
Programme MBA Decision Science and Analytics
&
Trimester Trimester I
Pre- Students should have attended the induction program
requisite
CLO 1 To bring out the role of group dynamics and organizational elements in
various business situations. (PLO2a)

Learning CLO 2 To introduce the participants to challenges in team-based decision

Objectives making. (PLO3a)
CLO 3 To introduce the participants to the role of culture in the working and
effectiveness of an organization. (PLO1c))

1) Apply frameworks of behavioral change to managerial contexts.

2) Effectively manage interpersonal relationships and dynamics in groups and
Learning teams.
Outcomes 3) Diagnose organizational culture and make basic make basic interventions to
create and change organization culture.

The module explores group, team and organizational concepts and provides
frameworks, tools & techniques for organizational effectiveness. Set in the business
Course organization context, the student will explore the interpersonal relations before
Description proceeding to group dynamics and team effectiveness. The module finally explores
the dynamics at the macro level of organizations though culture analysis &
transformation.

Specific assessment % AOL

Intended CLOs to be assessed
methods / tasks Weightage Instruments
CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO 3
Evaluation Class Participation 20 (10) None - - -
Pattern Team Project 40 (20) Rubric √(20)
Final Examination 40 (20) Embedded √ (10) √ (10)
Question

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Sessions Topics Chapter /article Cases / remarks
reference
Interpersonal Dynamics in Johari Window Ramesh Patel at Aragon
Organizations
Handout Entertainment Limited
 The Need for and Nature
of Interpersonal
Dynamics
Learning Objective: To have
1 an unbiased approach in
 Interpersonal
conversation and seeking and giving feedback for
feedback improved interpersonal
relations

Group Behaviour TB Chapter 9 (pgs. Managing Virtual Teams (A)

262-266, 267-282)
 Group Properties Learning Objective: To
2  Group Development appreciate group properties and
Models apply Models of Group
development over management
of virtual team

Team Effectiveness Chapter 10 (pgs.

 Team Effectiveness
Model
o Context
3 o Composition
o Process
 Belbin Team Roles
Group Decision Making
 Group Think
 Group Polarization
 Techniques for group
decision making
4 Learning Objective: To examine
Power and Politics
 Sources of Power
 Influence tactics
5 Organizations,
300-314) Class Activity: On Belbin Team
Roles
Learning Objective: To
examine the impact of team-
member roles and other team
characteristics and use that
knowledge to create and
manage teams effectively.
Chapter 6 (pgs. 171-172) Discussion: Big Data won’t
& Chapter 9 (pgs. 284-
287)
Guarantee Good Decisions
(HBR)
approaches to group decision-
making that might produce
optimal outcomes under high-
stakes and uncertain conditions.
Remi Alapo(2018) Discussion on Thomas-
Organizational Power
Politics and Leadership
Kilmann & Political skill
Experiences on the View Inventory
and Use of Power in
Learning Objective: To examine
Management Studies,
Jan.-Feb. 2018, Vol. 6,
power & influence and explore
No. 1, 30-36 applications of political skills to
enhance organizational
objectives

6 Conflict & Negotiations Chapter 14 (pgs.437- Role Play on Conflict resolution

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 Sessions Topics
 Types and Loci of
Conflict
 Conflict Resolution
styles
 Negotiation Strategies
& Stages
Organizational Structures:
Elements, designs and
behavioral implications
7 Analytics from the
Organizational Culture
 Creating and Sustaining
Culture
8  How do employees learn
Culture
Application of Team Concepts
(Comprehensive review of
Group Behaviour, Conflict
Resolution & Team
effectiveness)
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Chapter /article Cases / remarks
reference
447) through negotiation
Learning Objective: To examine
approaches to conflict resolution
with focus on negotiation
strategies
Pre-Read: Case: Digitization at Seimens (HBS9-
717-428)
Organizational
Learning Objectives: Demonstrate how
inside out- Deloitte organizational structures differ in the
context of Advanced Analytics
Report transformation in Organizations
Pre Read; Why Data Exercise: Diagnosing Corporate
Culture Proclamations & Find your
Culture Matter- culture fit
McKinsey Report
Leaning Objective: To appreciate
Organization Culture cultural components and explore
maintaining & changing of
by E. Schein organizational culture
Pre Watch: Discussion: Case: Mount Everest-1996 (HBS
Everest
9-303-061)
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch? Learning Objective: To analyze
and provide solutions in
complex context based on
frameworks explored in the
module

Application of Team & Power/Politics and Presentation, Review & Feedback on

Group Assignment
Organizational Culture
10
Management Concepts

Reading
List and Prescribed Text book
Robbins, Stephen P., Judge Timothy A. & Vohra, Neharika, Organizational Behavior (16th Edition).
Reference Pearson Education Limited 2017
s
References
Colquitt,LePine and Wesson, Organizational Behavior 5th ed McGraw Hill
Fred Luthans, Organizational Behavior (10th Ed.), Tata McGraw Hill Publication,
MsShane, S.L., Glinow, M.A. and Sharma, R. (2008) Organizational Behavior (4th Ed.). New Delhi:
Tata McGraw Hill
Press
Robin Fincham, Peter Rhodes, Principles of Organizational Behavior

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 Prepared by Faculty Team Recommended by Recommended by
Area Chairperson Program Chairperson

Prof. Seema Rawat

Approved by
Approved by Faculty Associate Deans Approved by Dean SBM
Chair AOL

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