Tribhuvan University
Faculty of Management
Office of the Dean
Bachelor of Business Management (BBM)
Course Description
:This course aims to help the students to acquire in-depth knowledge of the literatures of leadership and organizational behavior mainly, theory and empirical evidences and to give the students practical experience by conducting a review based research project in emerging issues. The emphasis of this course will be on recent contributions to theory and practice of leadership & OB within Nepal and globe. The course will cover articles, dissertation, project work, books etc. published in the areas ofleadership & OB.
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Familiarize with theory and empirical evidences of nature of leadership & OB practices in contemporary organization;
- Examine theories and empirical evidences on leadership & OB and enhance their abilities; in conducting research in the areas
- Understanding the emerging issues of leadership and OB and contextualize in the Nepalese settings
- Awarethe theories and research results in the area of leadership and OB;
- Impart the knowledge of theory, empirical evidences and applications in the issues of leadership and OB
- Develop review based paper as outcome of seminar in the different areas of leadership & OB
Course Contents:
Lecture hours show the approximate classroom time allocated to each unit.
- Theoretical orientation 6 LHs Introduction to workshop module (Article searching, article reading, drawing materials for seminar paper for presentation) Introduction to issues/theme of seminar and concept of thematic review
- Implementation of seminar 6 HRs
- Thematic Review/ Development & presentation of paper 4 HRs Faculty member/course instructor may give issues related to OB and leadership. Students should review number of related articles/papers on given issues and develop the slides for presentation and thematic paper as outcome of seminar.
Learning Strategies:
- The student will extensively review the conceptual paper/ theoretical paper / research paperon the basis of theoretical and empirical review
- Students need to prepare the paper with the close guidance of concerned teacher / course convener/faculty member
- Faculty member reviews and accepts or advises for revision of the review based paper
- Upon completion of review paper the student submits a final review paper to the faculty member at the department/campus
- Student should appear in seminar (presentation of review paper) that will be evaluated by concerned faculty member and other experts.
- Faculty member and expert jointly award the grades.
Evaluation:
A student is required to undertake a review based research assignment and prepare a seminar paper at the end of the session. The seminar paper must be presented in the format as prescribed by concerned faculty/ course instructor. Evaluation of the seminar paper & presentation shall be based on the following bases:
- Written Report ( Seminar paper): 70 %
- Presentation: 30%
Seminar Topics:
Project report/review paper is thefinal output of the seminar in leadership and OB course. The following contents will be a) Contemporary issues of Leadership and OB b) New challenges for managers in OB c) Effects of job satisfaction on employee’s performance d) Current issues in leadership and OB e) Conflict management in organization f) Transformational leadership and employee’s performance g) Leadership development programs in Nepalese organization h) Culture & ethnic differences i) Workforce diversity and diversity management j) Others References Articles, critical books, seminar papers, and dissertations, published internationally, regionally and locally in the area of management.