MGT 611: Management, Organizational Behavior and Design

Management

Introduction to Management and Theories
The Managerial Environment
Planning and Forecasting
Organizing
Leading and Leadership
Motivating
Communicating
Control
Decision Making
Personnel Management
Management Information Systems

Organizational Behavior

Introduction to Organizational Behavior

Management Functions, Roles and skills
Contribution of social sciences to organizational behavior
Challenges and Opportunities for OB

The Individual

Foundations of Individual Behavior with emphasis on Biographical Characteristics, Ability, Personality and Learning
Perception and Individual Decision Making
Job Satisfaction
Basic Motivational theories and their application to job design

The Group

Stages of Group Development
Exploring Group behavior
Group decision making including group think and group shift phenomenon
Difference between groups and teams

Leadership

What is Leadership
Contrasting leadership and power
Bases of power

Organizational System

Work design
Work redesigning
Work scheduling
Organizational culture

Organizational Dynamics

Organizational change including factors for change and what these change agents can alter
Resistance to change
Overcoming resistance to change