COURSE SYLLABUS
SUBJECT CODE HBO
DESCRIPTIVE
HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATION
TITLE
CREDIT UNITS Lec
3 Course BSBA
Lab/FLD/Dft
Pre-requisite (s) None
Course Description
This course is the study of people at work in all kinds of organizations and how they may be
motivated to work together more productively. This subject is called organizational behavior, human
relations, or human behavior at work, and it is an integration of social sciences as they affect people at
work. One of the most notable features of this course is its careful blending of theory with practice, so
that basic theories come to life in a realistic context. Students will learn the concepts and models and
will apply the learning in the real world and will help to build better organizations and a better society.
The ideas and skills they learn in an organizational behavior course can help them cope better with
life.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the students are expected to:
1. Think critically – to ask penetrating questions, examine underlying assumptions, search for
probable unintended consequences, be sensitive to the agendas and motivations of others,
balance the needs of different stakeholders, and even challenge the mental models and theories
espoused by others.
2. Provides rich insights into people at work in all kinds of situations and organizations.
3. Integrate the various parts of the discipline into a whole philosophy of organizational behavior.
Prescribed 1. Organizational Behavior, Human Behavior at Work Newstrom, John W.
Textbook Published by McGraw-Hill/ Irvin, a business unit of the The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc.
Suggested 1. Human Behavior at Work: Organizational Behavior, 7 th Edition. Keith
References Davis, Ph.D. and John W. Newstrom, Ph.D. Published by McGraw-Hill Book
Company
2. Hall, Calvin S., [Link] of Personality 4th Edition, Published by John
Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Week Specific Learning Objectives Topics/Activities Method of Assessment
No. Teaching Tasks
1
At the end of the week, the students are Fundamentals of
expected to: Organizational Behavior
1. Define the meaning of organizational Understanding Organizational
Behavior
behavior.
2. Enumerate the key elements which Lecture Recitation
organizational behavior is concerned. Historical Development of
Organizational Behavior
3. Explain the historical development of
organizational behavior.
Fundamental Concepts
4. Enumerate the basic and holistic
concepts of organizational behavior.
2
At the end of the week, the students are
expected to: The Foundations of
Individual Behavior
1. Enumerate multiple intelligences and
give examples. Lecture Recitation
2. Enumerate and give examples of Ability
biographical characteristics. Biographical Characteristics
3. Explain and give examples the of Learning
different theories of learning.
3
At the end of the week, the students are
expected to: On Attitudes and
Satisfaction
1. Enumerate and explain the main
Lecture Quiz
components of attitudes.
2. Enumerate and give examples of the Attitudes
widely used approaches.
Job Satisfaction
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4
At the end of the week, the students are About Personality and
expected to: Values
1. Define personality and give Personality Lecture
examples of the two (2) personality Graded
Measuring Personality
determinants. recitation
Values Group
2. Enumerate the three (3) ways in dynamics
measuring personality.
3. Explain the importance of values and
values across cultures.
5
PRELIM EXAM
6 About Perception and
At the end of the week, the students are
Individual Decision Making
expected to:
1. Define and give examples of What is perception?
perception. Recitation
Frequently Used Shortcuts in Lecture
2. Enumerate the frequently used Judging Others
shortcuts in judging others.
How Are Decisions Actually
3. Enumerate and give examples on Made In Organizations?
how decisions actually made in
organizations.
7
At the end of the week, the students are Understanding Motivation
expected to: Concept
1. Define motivation Recitation
Defining Motivation Lecture
2. Enumerate and give examples of
Early Theories of Motivation
the theories of motivation
Contemporary Theories of
Motivation
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8
At the end of the week, the students are More About Motivation:
expected to: From Concepts to
Application
1. Enumerate and explain the job
characteristics model. The Job Characteristics Lecture Quiz
Model
2. Explain the alternative work
arrangements. Alternative Work
3. Enumerate and give examples of Arrangements
employee involvement programs.
Employee Involvement
9 About Emotions & Moods
At the end of the week, the students are
expected to: What are Emotions &
1. Define emotions and moods Moods?
2. Enumerate and explain the basic set A basic set of emotions Lecture Graded
of emotions. Recitation
Sources of Emotions &
3. Enumerate the sources of emotions Moods
and moods.
4. Differentiate felt versus displayed Emotional Intelligence
emotions.
5. Explain and give examples of
emotional intelligences
10 MIDTERM EXAM
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11 The Foundations of Group
At the end of the week, the students are
Behavior
expected to:
Defining and Classifying
1. Define and give examples of Groups
groups.
Why People Join Groups
2. Explain the reasons for joining Lecture Recitation
groups. Stages of Group
Development
3. Enumerate the stages of group
development. Roles, Norms, Status, Size
& Cohesiveness
4. Define and give examples of
norms, status, size, cohesiveness
and group decision making
12
At the end of the week, the students are On Understanding Work
expected to: Teams
1. Differentiate groups from teams. Differences Between Groups Group Group
and Teams Dynamics Presentation
2. Enumerate the different types of
teams. Types of Teams Presentati
ion of
3. Explain how individuals turned into Turning Individuals into Final
team players Team Players Output
13 FINAL EXAM
