MG 660 - Applied Organizational Behavior

• Know and understand organizational behavior and its impact on organizational performance, especially in today’s business environment 
• Identify and assimilate the theory/practice covered in this course with real world work situations 
• Describe the impact of perception, individual approaches to learning, ability and personality and their affect on performance 
• Examine how motivation and job satisfaction are affected by leadership/management practices, policies and job characteristics. Recognize the importance of roles, norms, status and cohesiveness within organizations 
• Recognize the importance of roles, norms, status and cohesiveness within organizations 
• Explain how individual performance in groups is affected by the presence of others, the cultural diversity of group membership, and the number of others with whom one works 
• Describe the formal forces and informal networks that influence communication in organizations 
• Distinguish between social influence, power and organizational politics, and their application in organizations 
• Explain how rising expectations about quality and ethical behavior have influenced the field of organizational behavior
• Describe how technology has led to the development of new organizational forms

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• Organizational commitment 
• Managing diversity and prejudice 
• Motivation in organizations 
• Motivating by meting needs; motivating by being fair; motivating by altering expectations; motivating by structuring jobs 
• Career dynamics 
• Organizational socialization and mentoring 
• Group dynamics; structural dynamics and individual performance 
• Teams and effective team performance 
• Communications in organizations 
• Types of communication - verbal and nonverbal, formal and informal and improvement techniques 
• Decision-making; factors affecting decision in organization Individual versus group decision-making Techniques for improving 
• Interpersonal behavior; dynamics of pro-social behavior, cooperation and conflict Managing organizational behavior 
• Influence, power and politics social influence, individual and group power 
• Organizational politics, power in action 
• Leadership approaches to identifying leadership effectiveness 
• Organizational culture; identifying organizational culture, its consequences and capacity to change
• Creativity and the process of innovation 
• Organizational structure and design; structures and dimensions of organizations; organizational design