Course Outline: Organizational Behavior

Course Code: 2201 Credit: 2.00

Exam Hours: 03 Hours

Rationale:
To understand the human interactions in an organization, find what is driving it and influence it
for getting better results in attaining business goals.

Objective:

1. To explain the organizational behavioral challenges in the Bangladeshi work

environment.
2. To illustrate the impact of perception, personality and emotions.
3. To articulate the impact of values, attitudes and the influence of diversity.
4. To explain interpersonal conflict and conflict resolution.
5. To critique the most popular bases of power in organizations.

Course Outcomes (CO):

Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to:

1. Understand basic organizational behaviour principles, and analyse how these influence
behaviour in the workplace.
2. Analyse individual human behaviour in the workplace as influenced by personality,
values, perceptions, and motivations.
3. Remember the elements of group behaviour including group dynamics, communication,
leadership, power & politics and conflict & negotiation.
4. Understand your own management style as it relates to influencing and managing
behaviour in the organization systems.
5. Enhance critical thinking and analysis skills through the use of management case studies,
personal application papers and small group exercises.

Teaching-learning and
Assessment Strategy: Lectures, class performances, assignments, class tests, final exam.

Linkage of CO with Assessment Methods& their Weights:

Assessment Method (100%)

Class Assessment
Class Attendance 08
Class Tests/Assignment/Presentation 20
Exam
Final exam 72
Mapping of Course Outcomes (CO) and Program Outcomes:

PO7SustainabilityEnvironment and

FinanceProject Management and

SolutionsDesign / Development of

PO10 Individual and Team Work

The Engineer and Society
Engineering Knowledge

Modern Tool Usage

Life Long Learning

Problem Analysis

Communication
Investigation

Ethics
Course Learning Outcomes

PO11

PO12
PO1
PO2
PO3

PO4

PO5

PO6

PO8
PO9
CO1 Understand basic
organizational behaviour
principles, and analyse
how these influence
behaviour in the
workplace
CO2 Analyse individual human
behaviour in the
workplace as influenced
by personality, values,
perceptions, and
motivations
CO3 Remember the elements of
group behaviour including
group dynamics,
communication,
leadership, power &
politics and conflict &
negotiation
CO4 Understand your own
management style as it
relates to influencing and
managing behavior in the
organization systems.
CO5 Enhance critical thinking
and analysis skills through
the use of management
case studies, personal
application papers and
small group exercises.
Lecture schedule:

Topics Specific(s) Time Suggested Teaching Alignment

outcome Frame activities Strategy to CLO

Concept and -To acquire general Cycle 1 - Students -interactive

definition of idea about the will give brief discussion
Organizational course introduction - video
Behaviour. about
-To grasp the presentation
Making sense of Class 1 themselves
behavior in content and
CLO 01,
organizations, policies for the Class 2 - Course
CLO 02
Challenges in the class outline will
Bangladeshi be discusses
workplace
in details
- Video
presentation
Perception, - To analysis Cycle 2 Student -interactive
Personality, and different kind of reporting on discussion
Emotions personality different - video
Perception Class 3 potential
- To explain about presentation
Personality, personality
perception Class 4 - lecture CLO 02,
Emotions from the discussion CLO 04
- To demonstrate world with multi
different emotions
media
in different
situations - panel
discussion
Values, Cycle 3 Interactive - interactive
-To discuss value,
Attitudes, and Discussions discussion
Their Effects in attitudes.
- lecture
the Workplace - To clarify the discussion
Values, barriers of Class 5 with multi
workplace CLO 03,
Assessing media
Class 6 CLO 05
cultural values, - To apply the -video
Values in the ways to enhance presentation
Bangladeshi values
workplace,
.
Attitudes
Motivating Self Cycle 4 Lectures, -white
and Others - To analyse the questions and Board
technique to answers illustration -
Needs theories of Class 7
improve lecture
motivation, - Class Test CLO 02,
motivation Class 8 discussion
Process theories 01 will be CLO 04
of motivation, - To discuss the with multi
taken
Responses to the ways of reward media
reward system system

Motivating Self -To acquire general Cycle 5 Group seat - white

and Others idea about the job work on job Board
Creating a design Class 9 redesign illustration -
motivating lecture
-To create a Class 10
workplace: discussion
motivating
rewards and job with multi
workplace CLO 04,
redesign, media
CLO 05
Apply motivation
theories wisely

Working in - To demonstrate Cycle 6 Assignment - lecture

Teams the guideline for on discussion
Teams versus preparing team and Class with multi
virtual team
groups group 11 media
formation
Stages of group - To create the Class -- Class Test
and team virtual team 12 02 will be
development taken CLO 04,
Twenty-first CLO 05
century
teamwork: virtual
teams

Communication To apply the ways Cycle 7 Discussion - lecture CLO 02,

Communication Class based on discussion
communication
process, Barriers 13 Bangladeshi with multi
skills
to effective context. media
Class CLO 05
- To analyze the
communication 14 -White
current issues of
Current issues in Board
communication
communication illustration
Conflict, and -To conduct Cycle 8 Group report - interactive
Negotiation negotiation on role discussion
How Class conflict
- To differentiate - video
communication different kind of 15 -- Class Test presentation
breakdown leads to role conflicts 03 will be - lecture
conflict Class CLO 03,
16 taken discussion CLO 01
Conflict resolution
with multi
Negotiation
media

Power and - To develop the Cycle 9 Discussion - lecture

Politics tactics of power based on discussion
Bases of power Class Bangladeshi with multi
-To discuss about
Dependency: the 17 context. media CLO 01,
the relation
key to power, -video CLO 05
between power and Class
Influence tactics presentation
politics. 18

Power and Cycle Discussion - lecture

Politics 10 based on discussion
- To select how to Bangladeshi with multi
Empowerment: Class
empower to context. media
giving power to 19
employees
employees -- Class Test -White CLO 04,
Class
Abuse of power: -To develop a plan 04 will be Board CLO 05
20
harassment in the to remove taken illustration
workplace, harassment in the
Politics: power in workplace
action

Leadership - To analyse the Cycle - Interactive - interactive CLO 01,

factors affecting 11 Discussions discussion CLO 02
Leadership as Class with List of - lecture
the leadership
supervision 21 examples discussion
growth
Inspirational with multi
Class
leadership -To demonstrate media
22
Contemporary different role of
-video
leadership roles leadership
presentation
Decision Cycle Interactive - lecture
Making, 12 Discussions discussion
- To discuss
Creativity, and with multi
various factors in
Ethics media
decision making
Group decision Class -White CLO 01,
-- To explain how
making 23 Board CLO 04
to maintain code of
Creativity in illustration
conduct and ethics Class
organizational 24
decision making
Corporate social
responsibility
Organizational - To learn about Cycle Make an - interactive
Culture and different concept of 13 assignment discussion
Change organizational on - video
culture.
Effect of presentation
-To understand and various - lecture
explain the
factors on discussion
procedure of
Concept and Class25 creating and with multi
Creating and
definition of sustaining an Class 26
sustaining an media
organization’s CLO 01,
Organizational organization’s
culture CLO 03
culture and culture
change.
Creating and
sustaining an
organization’s
culture
Liabilities of
organizational
culture
Culture and -To discuss Cycle Interactive -discussion
Change approaches to 14 Discussions with multi CLO 01,
managing change media CLO 03
 Approaches to Class -White
managing change 27 Board
Resistance to illustration
Class
change 28

Text Books:
1) Management Theory & Practice Text & Cases – Subba Rao P & Hima Bindu, Himalaya
Publications, 2012
2) Organizational behaviour, Stephen P Robbins, Timothy A. Judge, Neharika Vohra, Pearson
publications, 14th Edition, 2012.
3) Organizational behaviour: A modern approach - Arun Kumar and Meenakshi, Vikas
Publishing House, 2011.

Reference Books:
1) Fundamentals of Management-Stephen P Robbins, Mary Coulter et al, Pearson Publications,
11th edition
2) Management-Richard L. Daft, Cegage learning,12th Edition,2016
3) Organization Behaviour – Ashwathappa, Himalaya Publication,7th Edition, 2007