THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO

THE BRYAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

MBA 604/SSII

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

INSTRUCTOR: MCLEOD

Wednesday 6:00-9:30PM

Bryan :

Office: Bryan 378

Tel: 336-334-5698

E-Mail: Ken@uncg.edu

Office Hours: Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. 5:00-6:00PM

Text: Greenberg, Jerald. Managing Behavior In Organizations. 3 rd Edition.

2002, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River , NJ

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Organization Behavior within complex organizations. We will explore the theory and structure of Behavior from an individual and organizational perspective. Address the topics of Social learning, learning, motivation, group dynamics, power, conflict, negotiation strategies, organization structure, leadership decision making and large systems change processes.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this course you will be familiar with the major concepts, theories, and applications of Organizational Behavior, specifically:

   Individual Behavior:

  Personality, perception, learning, values, attitudes, motivation

   Group Behavior:

  Stages of Group Development, group decision making processes, work teams,

  Power and politics, conflict and negotiation strategies.

   Organizational Structures:

  Structures, work design, culture, large systems change, organizational

  Change.

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Grades:

I will give the class the option of having two exams as the basis for your grades or just doing a significant paper which would be an analysis of a real life large group issue. (I will provide the case study) The exams would be half way through the course around July 16 and the last class date July 30 the paper would be due the last day of class, July 30, 2003 . We will decide this issue the first class date, July 2, 2003 .

          SYLLABUS

Period I: Foundations of Individual Behavior. Chapters 1-5.

July 2 and July 9, 2003

Period II: Foundations of Group Behavior.

July 12 and July 16 or July 19 or July 23 (depends on which Saturday we meet)

Period III: Organizational Structures.

July 23 or July 26 and July 30 (depends on which Saturday we meet)

As you know the summer session is only six weeks long so we cover a lot of material each class period. I would make the class more interesting and relevant to learning if you come prepared to discuss some of the concepts and issues addressed by the text.