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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

BUSM 2200

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"Organizational Behaviour" (3 credits)

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COURSE OUTLINE

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Spring 2007

Section 004
Tuesdays: 17:30 – 20:25 (5:30 – 8:25 pm)
Room B 153
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INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
NAME: Danielle Michael, MBA PHONE: 604-323-5532
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OFFICE: B253c CELL: 604-328-7429

OFFICE HOURS: 4:30 – 5:25 pm Tuesdays E-MAIL: dmichael@langara.bc.ca

COURSE DESCRIPTION
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Organizational Behaviour examines how differences in individuals and group behaviour affect
organizations and their effectiveness. Broad topics include individual behaviour, group behaviour
and organizational behaviour. You will get practical hands-on exercises and assignments which
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facilitate decision making, problem solving and analytical thinking.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
• Understand fundamentals of individual behaviour, such as attitude, personality,
motivation, and perception
• Understand group dynamics and group behaviour
• Understand how individual and group difference impact organization performance
• Be able to analyse organizational problems involving leadership, motivation, job design,
structure, culture and ethics and apply relevant theories to create meaning
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• Learn what it takes to be a High Performance Organization
• Understand issues in global management
• Learn communication theory and how it applies to management and leadership
• Understand the various sources of power and how and when to use them effectively

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 EXPECTATIONS
Read the textbook prior to class. All students are requested to participate in class discussions of
cases and other exercises. Students are also encouraged to contribute to the learning process

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through discussion of personal job-related experience where applicable.
Any class work, which is not completed because you were late for, or missed, a class, will receive
0%. If you miss an exam or project, you are required to contact me in advance and provide a
Doctor’s note for verification or you will receive 0%.

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Assignments must be submitted on the due date at the beginning of class. If you do not submit
on time, without prior notification to me and with my approval to submit at a later date, this will
result in you receiving an ‘F’ (0%). There will be no exceptions to this standard, other than under

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exceptional documented circumstances or for medical reasons.

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My role as your instructor is to be one of your learning sources. I am here to help you and to
provide any additional coaching or tutoring that you may need. Please use me as a resource.

REQUIRED READING
Organizational Behaviour; Schermerhorn, Hunt, Osborn, Currie, 1st Canadian Edition; John Wiley
& Sons Canada Ltd. 2005
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Articles and book excerpts posted on MyLangara or handed out in class.

GRADE ALOCATION
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Class work 20
Term Project 20
Midterm exam (1) 15
Midterm exam (2) 20
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Final exam 25
TOTAL 100
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GRADING
A+ 95 – 100% B+ 80 – 84% C+ 65 – 69% D 50 – 54%
A 90 – 94% B 75 – 79% C 60 – 64% F < 50%
A- 85 – 89% B- 70 – 74% C- 55 – 59%

UNIVERSITY TRANSFERABILITY
Refer to www.bccat.bc.ca for transferability and whether credits are assigned or unassigned.

PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING POLICY

Plagiarism and cheating are serious educational offences, which may result in failure of an
assignment, failure of a course, and possible suspension from Langara. For more details, please
refer to Langara's Code of Conduct in the course calendar or Student Policies and Procedures on
Langara's website at www.langara.bc.ca.

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 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
It is the aim of the Department of Business Management of Langara College to promote the
mastery of core skills such as reading, reading comprehension, writing fluency, verbal

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articulation, and analytical development. These core skills will be practised by means of
presentations and class participation, and will be evaluated on submitted work. Critical thinking
and problem solving exercises are encouraged at every opportunity.
For more information about the Business Management Department programs, please contact

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Keith Murray, Department Chair at 604.323.5518 or Gordon McFarlane, Assistant Department
Chair at 604.323.5939.

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COURSE SCHEDULE
The following schedule is subject to change.

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Week Topics and Deliverables

Jan 9 Introduction to OB (Ch 1) / High Performance Organizations (Ch 2)

Jan 16 Globalization (Ch 3)

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Jan 23 Individual Differences (Ch 4) / Perception (Ch 5)

Jan 30 Motivation (Ch 6)

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Feb 6 Midterm #1 / Nature of Groups (Ch 9) / Teamwork (Ch 10)

Feb 13 Strategy and Organizations (Ch 11 / 12) / Culture (Ch 13)

Feb 20 Human Resources (Ch 7) / Job Design (Ch 8)

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Feb 27 Leadership (Ch 14) / Power and Politics (Ch 15)

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Mar 6 Midterm #2 / Communication (Ch 16)

Mar 13 Decision Making (Ch 17)

Mar 20 Change and Innovation (Ch 19)

Mar 27 Negotiation (Ch 18)

Apr 3 Term Project Presentations

Apr 11 - 19 FINAL EXAMINATION

NOTE: The College requires you to be available to sit final exams during the exam period. If you
miss the final exam, you will receive an ‘N’ on your transcript.