4th Year BBS HonoursDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTYRATION
UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG PA—401: Organizational Behavior(OB) COURSE TEACHER: PROFESSOR ABDUN NOOR Course Outline and Recommended Readings: 1. Management Challenges in the New Millennium. Recommended Readings: a) Fred Luthans,Organizational Behabior,Ninth Edition(New York: McGraw Hill Int.,2002),pp.4-7.b) Stephen P. Robbins,Organizational Behavior,Seventh Edition(New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India Pvt.Ltd.,1996),pp.5-9,13-31. 2. Organization and Organizational Behavior—Different Approaches to Organizational Behavior. Recommended Readings: a)Fred Luthans,pp.7-14.b)Stephen P. Robbins,pp.10-12. 3.Individual-Organization Behavior: 3.1) Personality Attributes and Organizational Behavior. Recommended Readings: a) Ricky W. Griffin,Management,Fifth Edition(New Delhi: A.I.T.B.S.Publications,1997),pp.446-453.b) Stephen P.Robbins,pp.81-144. 3.2) Individual Attitudes and Organizational Behavior. Recommended Readings: a) Ricky W. Griffin,pp.453-459.b) STephen P. Robbins,pp.132-144. 3. The Nature of Groups and the Dynamics of Group Formation.Recommended Readings:a) Ricky W. Griffin,pp.566-581.b) Stephen P. Robbins,pp.294-331.c) Fred Luthans,pp.346-364. 5.Group Cohesiveness, Group Decision-Making and the Role of Management.Recommended Readings:a) Ricky W. Griffin,pp.566-586.b) Stephen P. Robbins,pp.327-331. 6. Leadership Behavior in Organization—Meaning,Functions, Ingredients,Power, Skill and Styles. Recommended Readings: a) Herbert G. Hicks and C. Ray Gullett, Organizations: Theory and Behavior(Tokyo: McGRaw-Hill Inc.,1975),pp.300-314.b) Stephen P. Robbins,pp.410-447.c) Fred Luthans,pp.575-581,584-595 and 617-632. 7. Leadership Behavior in Organization—Various Approaches to Leadership. Recommended Readings: a) Weihrich and Koontz,pp.494-505.b) Fred Luthans,pp.584-600. 8. Motivation in Organization—Meaning, Importance and Process—Historical and Content Perspective to Motivation. Recommended Readings: a) Ricky W. Griffin,pp.474-482.b) Weihrich and Koontz,pp.462-484.c) Hicks and Gullett,pp.275-296. 9. Motivation in Organization—Various Approaches to Motivation.Recommended Readings:a) Ricky W. Griffin,pp.482-496.b) Weihrich and Koontz,pp.476-483. 10. Organizational Conflict—Meaning,Sources, Types and Stages—Conflict Stimulation and Techniques of Conflict Resolution. Recommended Readings: a) Ricky W. Griffin,pp.582-589.b) Fred Luthans,pp.369-394.c) Stephen P.Robbins,pp.504-526.d) Heinz Weihrich and Harold Koontz, Management: A global Perspective,Tenth Edition(New York: McGraw-Hill Inc.,1994),pp.432-433. 11. Organizational Change—Forces for Change—Models for Understanding Change- Resistance to Change. Recommended Readings:a) Ricky W. Griffin, pp.352-375.b) Fred Luthans, pp610-624.c) Weihrich and Koontz, pp.430-432.d) Stephen P. Robbins, pp.716-731. 12. Organizational Development(OD)—Meaning and Importance--OD Techniques. Recommended Readings:a) Stephen P. Robbins,pp.737-740.b) Weihrich and Koontz,pp.433-436c) Ricky W. Griffin,pp.364-367. 13.Organizational Culture and Individual Behavior—Influence of Culture on Work Attitude—Creating and Sustaining Favourable Culture for Productivity. Recommended Readings:a) Fred Luthans,pp.122-155.b) STephen P. Robbins,pp.678-702.14. Stress and Individual Behavior.Recommended Readings:a) Ricky W. Griffin,pp.549-464.b) Stephen P. Robbins,pp.611-622. Tutorial Assignment: “ A Study on Leadership Effectiveness”. Students are advised to read carefully the “Real Manager Study” report prepared by Fred Luthans and others . Within the framework of this study, present the management picture of an organization with your own comments and suggestions( For details,see Fred Luthans,pp.314-321). For Review in the Class: 1) Job Design = Fred Luthans,pp.181-193). 2) Goal Setting and MBO:=Fred Luthans,pp.193-200.= David A. DeCunzo and Stephen P. Robbins,pp.372-373. |