Subject Name: Behavioral Sciences -1 PG 1st semester

Course code:BHS984A103
Credit: 1

Course objectives: To increase one’s ability to draw conclusions and develop inferences about
attitudes and behaviour, when confronted with different situations that are common in modern
organizations

DetailedSyllabus

Modules CourseContents
Introduction to Behavioral Science
I Definition and need of Behavioral Science, Self: Definition components, Importance
of knowing self, Identity Crisis,Gender and Identity, Peer Pressure, Self Image: Self
Esteem,Johari Window, Erikson model
Foundations of individual behavior

Personality- structure, determinants, Personality theories: Type theory and Big 5,

II Perception: Attribution, Errors in perception, Learning- Theories of learning:
Classical, Operant and Social
Group and Interpersonal behavior

Group dynamics - why groups form, types, group norms, cohesiveness. Leadership -
III styles, contemporary developments-Transactional and transformational leadership;
Motivation- definition, Maslow’s theory, X and Y theory.
Organizational culture

IV Organizational culture, Characteristics of culture, Measuring organizational culture,

Cultural diversity, Communicating and changing culture, Communication barriers

Text books
 Soft skills by Dr.K.Alex,S.Chand.
 Organisational behaviour by S.P Robbins,Judge,Vohra 18th Ed.
 Margie Parikh and Rajen Gupta - Organizational Behaviour (McGraw Hill)
 Dipak Kumar Bhattacharjee- Organizational Behaviour (Oxford university press)
 Fred Luthans- Organizational Behaviour(McGraw Hill Education)