Organizational Behavior
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Course informations
| Study program level |
Undergraduate |
| Study program |
Management |
| Study program direction |
Informatics management |
| Course year |
2. |
| Course semester |
III |
| Course status |
Elective |
| ECTS |
6 |
| Lectures (h) |
30 |
| Excercises (h) |
- |
| Seminars (h) |
30 |
Course objectives
Introduce students with relationships between individuals and organizations, group and organization relationships, and organizational changes and stress management.
Course outcomes
- Judge the relationship between attitudes and behaviors
- Identify the root causes of job satisfaction
- Explain factors that determine the personality of a person
- Critically evaluate how two people can see the same thing and interpret it differently
- Understand how perception influences the decision-making process
- Compare teams and groups
- Assess the characteristics of effective teams
- Evaluate forms of communication
- Explain the communication functions in the workplace
- Understand what conflict and its causes are
- Explain what can be done to avoid conflict
- Distinguish the forces that encourage change
- Assess the sources of individual and organizational resistance to change
- Compare the processes of continuous improvement and reengineering process
- Distinguish potential sources of stress
- Explain the variables of individual differences that affect the relationship between stress and effect
Course content
INTRODUCTION TO OB- Concept and definition of organizational behavior. Disciplines that contribute to the development of the area. Challenges and opportunities in OB. Organizational behavior in the global context. INDIVIDUAL IN AN ORGANIZATION- The basics of individual behavior. Attitude and job satisfaction. Personality and value. Perception and individual decision-making. Motivation. Shaping jobs that motivate. GROUPS IN ORGANIZATION- The basics of group behavior. Teamwork. Communication processes in an organization. Power and politics in an organization. Conflicts in an organization. ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM- The foundations of organizational structure. Organizational culture. Human resource management policies and practices. Evaluation of work performance and reward systems. ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS- Organizational changes and stress management.
