Tribhuvan University
Faculty of Management
Office of the Dean
Bachelor of Business Management (BBM)
Course Description
:This course contains Introduction to OB, perception and learning, personality and job satisfaction, organizational conflict and stress, organizational change and development. 2 Similarly, the course includes Introduction to leadership, theories of leadership and contemporary leadership styles, leadership behavior and leadership development etc.
Course Objective
:The objectives of this course are to introduce the basic concepts of Organizational Behavior and Leadership. It also aims to enhance the knowledge and approaches of OB and Leadership and develop students’ skills to handle tactfully emerging OB challenges and issues and to p rovide students with an in -depth understanding of fundamental concept and understanding of organizational behavior and leadership. Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, the students will be able to;
- Develop basic understanding of organizational behavior
- Apply different dimensions of organizational behavior in organizational system and procedures
- Understand the importance and basic concepts of leadership
- Know the issues and approaches of leadership and their importance for organizational success Learning Strategies The faculty member / course instructor strictly follow the following learning strategies while teaching to the student
- Quizzes/ Surprise Test : Quizzes to be taken individually without prior information. The quizzes is to be taken using objective questions covering the related text chapter materials.
- Project & Live Projects : The students should work in team for producing live project report as a part of experiential learning. They should go to the field, collect real time data and develop report. They also should present it in the class within 10 minutes of each group.
- Case analysis : The students should submit analysis of the cases provided by the course instructor reflecting the text/ practice related problems, genesis of the problems. It may be presented in the class room.
- Assignments: The students tend to develop and deliver a presentation of 15 minutes on contemporary issues that are worthy enough. Home assignment in preparation of term paper can be provided.
- Simulation: The students need to participate in the activities that are s et inside the class room. Course Convenor should provide issues and make practice as in real life situation.
- Term paper & Thematic review : The Course Convenor should provide issues that are importantly raised in the society and ask students to review re lated articles and develop the theme as the part of term paper and ask them to present in the class.
- Oral Presentation: The Convenor should provide issues a day before and ask them to speak 5-10 minutes without any supportive materials in the class
Course Contents:
Lecture hours show the approximate classroom time allocated to each unit.
Unit 1.Introduction
- Concept of organizational behavior
- Levels of OB analysis
- Organizational behavior system
- Basic assumptions of organizational behavior
- Contributing disciplines to the field of organizational behavior
- Individual behavior as an input -output system
- Mental process: beliefs, attitudes, values, needs, motives and behavior
- Emotions and Cog nitive dissonance
- New challenges for manager in OB.
Unit 2.Perception and Learning
- Concept of perception
- Perceptual process
- Factors affecting perception
- Attribution theory
- Attribution errors
- Perception and individual decision m aking
- Concept and principles of learning
- Learning theories: cognitive learning and social learning
- Behavior modification.
Unit 3.Personality and Job satisfaction
- Concept and types of personality
- Personality traits and characteristics
- Determinants of personality
- Emotions and personality
- Major personality attributes influencing organizational behavior
- Concept and importance of job satisfaction
- Measuring job satisfaction
- Effects of job satisfaction on employees’ performance.
Unit 5.Organizational Conflict and Stress
- Conflict: concept, nature, and types
- Sources of conflict
- Approaches to conflict management
- Resolving conflict through negotiation
- Functional and dysfunctional conflicts
- Organizational stress: concept, causes and managing stress.
Unit 6.Organizational Change and Development
- Concept and forces of change
- Resistance to change
- Approaches to managing organizational change: Lewin’s three steps model
- Organizational development (OD): concept and features of OD.
Unit 7.Introduction to leadership
- Understanding leaders and leadership
- Leaders and managers
- leadership effectiveness
- Attributes of effective leaders
- Developing leadership skills
- Pre-requisites of organizational leaders
- Leadership taxonomy
- Current issues in leadership.
Unit 8.Theories of effective leadership & Contemporary Leadership Styles
Contingencies Theories: Fiedler’s contingency theory, Cognitive resource theory, Path goal theory, Situational leadership theory and Multiple linkage model; Contemporary leadership styles: Transactional leadership, Transformational leadership, Charismatic leadership, Value - based leadership, Spiritual and servant leadership, Boundary spanning & team leadership. 3
Unit 9.Leadership Behavior and Leadership Development
- Concept of leader behaviors: supportive, directive, participative
- Professional development to leaders: coaching, mentoring, counselling
- Leadership development mechanisms: recruitment, training & learning, delegation, mentoring, experiential learning, 360-degree appraisal.
References:
Arnold, H.J. &Fieldman, D.C. Organizational Behavior. New York: McGraw Hill Book Company. Dwivedi,R.S.,Human Relations and Organizational Behavior:A Global Perspective. New Delhi: Macmillan India Limited. Newstorm, J.W., Organizational Behavior: Human Behavior at Work, New Delhi: Ta ta McGraw_Hill Publishing company. Robbins, S.P., Organizational Behavior, New Delhi: Pearson. Halder, U.K , Leadership and Team Building, Oxford University Press New Delhi, India Chalise,M & Gautam,P, Leadership and Organizational Behavior , KEC Publication, Kathmandu, Nepal 1 Seminar on Leadership & Organizational Behavior (BBM 2nd Semester) Credits: 1 Lecture Hours: 16