Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
INTRODUCTION
A good knowledge of Organizational Behavior is important for all of us. This is because we all
are members of different kinds of organizations. The smallest organization we belong to is our
family! In this course we will look at organizational behavior mainly from a positive
organizational psychology point of view. That means that we will focus our attention on creating,
fostering and managing organizations in which people thrive and perform at their best.
TEXT BOOK
Organizational Behavior, 12th or 13th ed., Hellriegel and Slocum, South-Western.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1) Describe team processes and explain the characteristics associated with effective team
performance.
2) Apply ethical and value-related issues as they relate to human behavior in organizations
to making ethical and responsible decisions.
3) Explain and apply major theoretical and scholarly approaches, empirical findings, and
historical trends in Organizational Behavior.
4) Explain and apply the multicultural aspects and international dimensions of the societies
and world in which we live and be familiar with knowledge and methods necessary to
deal with related problems.
GRADING
Exam I +II+III 60%
Exam IV (comprehensive) 30%
Pop-Quiz 10%
COURSE SCHEDULE (Tentative)
Date Content
Week 1 Chapters 3, 6 and 7
01/11 & 01/13 (Introduction to OB, Individual Differences and Motivation)
Week 2 Chapters 3, 6 and 7
01/18 & 01/20 (Introduction to OB, Individual Differences, Motivation )
Week 3 MBTI administration (01/25) [Ms. Janie Shipman, Career Center]
01/25 & 01/27 Exam I (01/27)
Week 4 MBTI Feedback (02/01) [Ms. Janie Shipman, Career Center]
02/01 & 02/03
Chapters 6, 7 and 5
(Motivation and Learning & Behavior Change)
Week 5 Chapters 4 and14
02/08 & 02/10 (Perception & Attribution, Decision Making)