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Course
OB 6301
 – 
 001: Organizational Behavior
(Revised)
Professor
Dr. David L. Ford, Jr.
Term
Fall Semester 2011
Meetings
Tuesdays
 – 
 1:00
 – 
 3:45 pm, SOM 2.103
Professor’s Contact Information
 
Office Phone
972/883-2015
Other Phone
972/883-2703 (Secretary)
Office Location
SOM 4.201
Email Address
Office Hours
Mon., Tues.
 – 
 4:00
 – 
 6:00 pm
Other Information
General Course Information:
Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, & other restrictions
 None
Course Description
The major focus of this course will be on understanding human behavior in organizational settings. Emphasis will be on attempting to understand the causes and consequences of human behavior in organizations, e.g., how the individual is affected by and affects the structure of the organization; how reward structures and leadership processes are related to organizational goals; and how all of these and other factors impact on managerial effectiveness in the organization. This course is an overview course, designed to touch on a variety of concepts and topics relevant to the effective utilization of human resources in organizations. As such, the coverage of these topics will not  be in great depth. Advanced elective course work in these areas is available for the interested student.
Learning Outcomes
l. Students will learn to analyze leadership research and evaluate organizations with the aim of developing the appropriate leadership style given the situation. 2. Students will evaluate the differences among motivational approaches and be able to assess the efficacy of motivational programs. 3. Students will understand what it takes to create effective high- performance teams by assessing the needs of stakeholders and developing effective team processes.
Required Texts & Materials
S. Robbins & T. Judge (2011). Organizational Behavior. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Publishing.
(RJ)
 Prentice-Hall Publishing Companion Website (http://www.mymanagementlab.com ). Life Languages Institute, Kendall Life Languages Profile, (purchase and take online at www.lifelanguages.com) . Instructor will provide instructions for completing profile (cost = $35).
 
Suggested Texts, Readings, & Materials
Wall Street Journal (recommended only)
Assignments & Academic Calendar
 
[Topics, Reading Assignments, Due Dates, Exam Dates]
8/30 Introduction to the Course;
Course logistics, conduct, and Q & A; Procedures for the Semester and Housekeeping Video: "The Power of Vision"
9/06 Learning about Organizational Behavior
 
Read: Chapter 1 -
"What is Organizational Behavior?”
Formation of Class Groups
9/13 Work Engagement & Organizational Commitment/Emotions/Moods
Read: Chapter 3
 – 
 
Attitudes and Job Satisfaction, pp. 70-80
”;
 Read: Chapter 4
 – 
 "Emotions and Moods";
Exercise: “
Emotional Styles Assessment
” (
Instructor handout); Assessment
: “
Am I Engaged
?” (p.
80; textbook website);
9/20 Job Satisfaction and Work Stress
 Read: Chapter 3 -
Attitudes and Job Satisfaction, pp. 80-89
; Chapter 18 -
Organizational Change and Stress Management
”(
 pp. 606-619);
Exercise: “Factors Important to Your Job
 Satis
faction”
(p. 91);
Video: “Outsourcing”
 
9/27 Motivation Theories: Concepts and Applications
 Read: Chapter 7
 – 
 
Motivation Concepts
”;
Chapter 8
 – 
 
“Motivation: From Concepts to Applications”;
 
Exercise: “Assessing Employee Motivation 7 Satisfaction” (p. 266);
 
Self Assessment: “What’s My Job’s Motivating Potential?” (p.242); Video: “How Stress Can Be Fought”
10/04 Trust, Justice, Ethics, Green Management, & Corporate Social Responsibility/ Perception and Individual Decision Making
In-
Class Assessment: “Green Management” (Instructor handout);
 Read: Chapter 6
 – 
 
“Perception and Individual Decision Making”;
 
Case: “Case Incident 2” (p.
196);
Video: “Good Deeds”
10/11
FIRST EXAM
 Study all previous assignments
 
10/18 NO CLASS
 – 
 GROUP PROJECT WORK 
 
10/25
Personality and Values/Organizational Culture
 Read: Chapter 5
 – 
 
“Interpersonal Communication in Organizations”;
Complete the Kendall Life Languages Profile (bring to class); Read: Chapter 16
 –“Managerial and Ethical Decision Making”; Exercise: “You Make the Decision” (p. 381); Video: “Johari Window”
 
11/01
Social Context of Behavior: Groups and Teams/Communication in Organizations
Read: Chapter 9
 – 
 
“Foundations of Group Behavior”;
 Chapter 10
 – 
 
“Understanding Work Teams”; Exercise: “Wilderness Survival” (p. 304);
 Read: Chapter 11
 – 
 
“Communication”; Complete
Kendall Life Languages Profile
 (bring report to class);
Video: “The Johari Window”
 
11/08
Leadership and Influence Processes; Power & Politics in Organizations
 Read: Chapter 12-
"Leadership”; Self Assessment: “What’s My Leadership Style?” (p. 376);
Read: Chapter 13 - "Power and Polit
ics"; Case: “Case Incident 1” (p. 446) Video: “Change Masters”
 
11/15
Organizational Change/Workplace Diversity
 Read: Chapter 18 - "Organizational Change and Stress Management" (pp. 588-
605); Self Assessment: “How Well Do I Resp
ond to Turbulent
Change?” (p. 590);
Read: Chapter 2
 – 
 
“Diversity in Organizations”; Video: “A Peacock in the Land of Penguins”
 
11/22
Designing Organizations/Conflict & Negotiation in Organizations
 Read: Chapter 15 - "Foundations of Organiz
ational Structure”;
 Chapter 14
 – 
 
“Conflict and Negotiation”; Self Assessment: “What’s My Preferred Conflict
-
Handling Style?” (p. 454) “Southwest Airlines’ Culture” (p. 443);
 
Video: “1154 Lill Studio”
 
11/29
SECOND EXAM
All assignments since mid-term exam
12/05 Group Project Oral Presentations

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