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.
Leadership: Concept, Leaders versus Managers, Theories of leadership, Leadership styles.
Foundations of Group Behaviour: Meaning, Importance, Process of Group Formation, Types of Groups, Factors influencing group behavior.
Team: Meaning, difference between team and group, Types of teams, techniques of effective team building
Organizational Power: Meaning, characteristics, Source of power, use of power.
Organizational Politics: Meaning, Factors affecting politics, Consequences of Politics.
Stress Management: Concept, reasons of stress, Strategies of overcoming stress.
Conflict: Meaning, features, causes of conflict, types and consequences of conflict.
Organizational Change: Concept, Major forces of change. Resistance to change, Process of change. Developing support for change, Change Model
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.