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Foundations of Indiidual Behaiour
The objective of the course is to acquaint the students with the individual and group behavioral aspect of Organization, which influences the management practices and the overall organizational productivity.
Introduction: Concept, meaning, of organization, Meaning and Concept of Organization Behaviour.
Perception: Nature, Importance, difference between sensation and perception, perceptual process perceptual selectivity, perceptual organization
Personality: Meaning, Determinants of personality, personality development theories.-Psychoanalytic theory, Socio-psychological theory, Trait theory, Self theory.
Learning: Concept, Nature, Components, Factors affecting learning, Theories of learning-Conditioning theory, Cognitie learning1 theory, Social learning theory, Reinforcement and its application in behavior modification.
Motivation: Concept, Primary and secondary motives, Financial and Non Financial Motives. Theories of motivation: Maslow’s Need hierarchy theory, Herzberg’s Motivation Hygiene theory, room's Expectancy theory, Porter-Lawler model, Equity theory of work motivation. Alderfer’s ERG theory, McClelland’s achievement motivation theory.
Case Studies
Essential reading:
1. Robbins, Stephen P., Organizational behaior: Concepts, Controersies, Applications, Prentice Hall of India Priate Limited, New Delhi
2. Prasad, L.M., Organizational behaiour, S.Chand, New Delhi
3. Buchanan, Daid, Organizational behaiour, Prentice Hall
Johns, Gary and Saks, Michael, Organizational Behaiour: Understanding and Managing Life at work, Pearson Prentice Hall, Toronto
Dais, Keith and Newstrom, John W., Human behaiour at work: Organization behaiour, McGraw-Hill International Editions Management Series, New York.
