Course Description:

The purpose of one part of this course is to provide a strong conceptual framework for studying, understanding, and applying theory and practice of organization behavior. It also explores the nature of organization and organization theory. This course on organization theory and behavior thus provides knowledge that helps people understand, diagnose, and respond to emerging organizational needs and problems of our educational institutions. Students will understand and narrate the basic concepts and principles of organizational theory, recognize organizational phenomena that can be analyzed and interpreted in the light of the concepts and principles of organizational theory, review and evaluate the specific organizational conditions and understand and analyze organizational behavior of employees in workplace conditions as well as understand group dynamics in developing effective teams and managing organizational change and resolving and avoiding conflicts within and outside organization.

Learning Outcomes:

After the completion of this course the trainee teachers would be able to:

• Understand and narrate the basic concepts and principles of organizational theory
• Recognize organizational phenomena that can be analyzed and interpreted in the light of  the concepts and principles of organizational theory
• Review and evaluate the specific organizational conditions
• Understand and analyze organizational behavior of employees in work place conditions
• Comprehend and characterize effective leadership traits and behaviors in prevailing work place/organization conditions.
• Understand and narrate the basic concepts and principles of organization
• Recognize organizational phenomena that can be analyzed and interpreted in the light of  the concepts and principles of organization
• Review and evaluate the specific organizational conditions
• Understand and analyze organizational behavior of employees in work place conditions
• Comprehend and characterize effective leadership traits and behaviors in prevailing work place/organization conditions.

  Recommended Texts:

   

• Daft, R. L. (2015). Organizational theory and design. NY: West Publishing,Co.
• Judge, T. A., & Robbins, S. P. (2017). Essentials of organizational behavior. USA: Pearson Education
• Osland, J., Devine, K., & Turner, M. (2015). Organizational behavior. UK: Wiley          Encyclopedia of Management

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  Suggested Readings:

   

• Daft, R. L. (2012). Organizational theory and design. NY: West Publishing Co.
• Kreitner, R. & Kinicki, A. (2011). Organizational behavior, (5th ed.). NY: Mcgraw-Hill.
• Robins, S. P. (2013). Organizational behavior (5th Ed.). Boston: IRWIN McGraw HILL

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  Web-based Resources:

  https://www.tutorialspoint.com/organizational_behavior/

  https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-organizational-behavior-definition-and-history-of-the-field.html

  https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/organizational-behavior.asp

  http://smallbusiness.chron.com/important-organizational-behavior-concepts-new-manager-79374.html

  https://iedunote.com/fundamental-concepts-of-organizational-behavior

  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J075v18n02_06

   

  Timetable: MONDAY, Tuesday 11:00AM -12:30PM