Although
skills in finance, accounting, marketing, operations, and strategy are crucial
for organizational success, the ability to manage an organization, its groups,
and its individuals are equally important. In your careers, you will depend on
people to accomplish tasks, goals, and projects; you will need to work for
other people, work with other people, and supervise other people. An
understanding of the human side of management is an essential complement to the
technical skills you are learning in other core business courses. Although we
will focus on business organizations, you will find that the course concepts
have valuable applications to other types of organizations, including
non-profits, athletic teams, social clubs, and religious and political groups.
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts and topics in
organizational behavior (OB) and management. The course focuses on OB at three
levels: individual, interpersonal, and collective. We will start at the
individual level, covering decision-making, motivation, and personality. We
will then turn to the interpersonal level, covering power, influence, and
negotiations.Finally, we will move up to the collective level, covering
leadership and organizational context.
Category: Winter "C" 2021
