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Course Manual
Organizational Dynamics & Change
course code - 302

PGP 2010-12

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 Organizational Dynamics & Change
PGP Batch 2010-12

COURSE FACILITATORS
Name Email Id Meeting Time
Dr. kailash Tuli kailash.tuli@iilm.edu
Ms. Kakoli Sen kakoli.sen@iilm.edu
Dr. Tripti Pandey tripti.pande@iilm.edu
Dr. Sujata Shahi sujata.shahi@iilm.edu
Prof. Sudhir Naib sudhir.naib@iilm.edu
Ms. Pragya Sonawane pragya.sonawane@iilm.edu

COURSE OVERVIEW:
This course will build on the knowledge and content of group/teams in Organizations which primarily
looked at behaviour of groups in organizations, from the micro perspective.

By the end of the course the students will develop some insight into the group behaviour of people with each other
and their interactions in groups or teams. They will get a perspective on the dynamics of team within and between
each other and their effectiveness at work, with the use of experimental exercises and classroom learning.

They will also be able to integrate the various levels of analysis in organizations and look at human behaviour in
organizations from an open system perspective which will include the dynamic interplay among environmental
influence, individual, group, interpersonal organizational processes.

This course will help students to understand the Organizational Management Analysis process to examine
organizational dynamics, the company's culture and provides insights to the alignment of management groups with
the company's goals and objectives.

The managerial implications of organizational dynamics and change are clearly articulated for the needs of the
students. The course presents an expanded coverage on the issue of organizational dynamics,and change process. 

COURSE TOPICS:
 Organizational Dynamics: An Overview
 Interpersonal Dynamics
 Group Dynamics
 Dysfunctional Dynamics
 Leadership in teams
 Organizational Culture
 Change Management
 Organizational Development -
◦ Business Process Reengineering
◦ Organizational Restructuring

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course students will be able to:
 Use "best practices" for transitioning into the new organization.
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  Learn how to lead the change effort in a way that will gain employee support.
 Lead a group to make a decision by following the group decision-making process.
 Identify styles of conflict management and manage conflict using the steps of the conflict-management
process.
 See organizations and groups from varied perspectives.
 Access Org Psych/OD intellectual resources
 Will learn the need for organizations to be dynamic, active partners of change, not just pawns reacting to it
turns & twists.

PRE- REQUISITES:
It is essential that the student has a thorough understanding of concepts in Organizational Behaviour, which is
the core course of OB & HRM area.

BOOKS AND REFERENCES:

Main Text Book
Organizational Behaviour- Sekaran Uma,(US) Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill.2004

Additional Readings
 Organizational Behaviour- Stephen P. Robbins(SPR), Pearson Education
 Organizational Behaviour - Fred Luthans (FL), Publisher: McGraw Hill International
 Managing Organizational Change by V Neelkanth S Ramnarayan
 Management (Sixth Edition) by James A.F. Stoner, R. Edward Freeman, Daniel R. Gilbert, JR. By Pearson
Education

 Behavioural process in organizations- Pareek, U, .Rao, T.V. & pestonjec, DM, : Publisher: Oxford
and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.1981
 Organizational Behaviour- Davis, K.(KD & N) Publisher: McGraw Hill, India.1995
 Organizational Behaviour Hellriegel,D,.Slocum,J,W,.& Woodman,R,W,, Publisher: South Western College

Journals:
 Journal of Applied Psychology
 Human Capital
 Harvard Business Review

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
S.NoParameterWeightage1Midterm20%2Group Assignments / Case submissions20%3End
Term60%
Session Plan:

S Chapters
es
si Topic & Issues Pre- Readings
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n
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 Opening Case – Salona Ch – 9 US
Dynamics in Khilona
1 Organizations

SPR Ch – 13
2 Interpersonal Trust
KD & N Ch -10 &11

Students will understand US Ch- 12

conflict, its pervasiveness in SPR Ch-15
Interpersonal
3 personal and organizational Robbins Ch - 15
Conflict
life

Interpersonal
Conflict Management Styles US Ch - 12
4 Conflict
SPR Ch-15

Sources of Power US Ch – 13
Influence , Power &
5 Organizational Politics SPR Ch- 14
Politics
Robbins Ch - 14

Understanding US Ch – 10
Group Think
6 Work Teams SPR Ch-10
Robbins Ch - 10

Introduction to Managing group dynamics

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group dynamics

Movie:Kk ruka hua Faisla

Group decision
8 making

Discussion on the movie :

Group decision
Ek ruka hua faisla
9 making

1 Understanding work US Ch – 10
0 teams SPR Ch - 10

1 Understanding work US Ch – 10
1 teams SPR Ch - 10

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Dysfunctional Students should read about FL Ch - 10
Dynamics problems in groups working

1 MID TERM
3
What is culture- should be US Ch- 16
clear to students before SPR Ch - 14
1 Organizational
starting this topic.
4 Culture
SPR Pg. 626-638

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1 Organizational Case Study on Google’s US Ch- 16
5 Culture Organizational Culture SPR Ch - 14
Organization Ch -13,Kavita singh
1 structure and Factors affecting the
6 technology organization design.

Organization
1 structure and Nature and concept of
7 technology organization structure

Organizational Introduction and its US Ch – 16

1 Development importance with examples SPR Ch - 19
8

Process of
1 Diagnosis process
organization
9
development
Models of
2 organization
0 development

Organizational Concept of recession should Chapter 15

2 be clear to students Angelo Kinicki & Robert Kreitner
1 Restructuring

Introduction to US Ch – 16
2 change management Case : Top down change in SPR Ch - 19
2 TI automotive (in house
case)
US Ch – 17
2
Change Models of Change SPR Ch - 19
3
Management
Recap US Ch – 17
2 SPR Ch - 19
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Three guest lectures.