Organizational Behavior

Tailored to provide you with an opportunity to explore the behavior of individuals, groups, and organizations within today's dynamic work environment, Organizational Behavior covers communications, motivations, leadership, among others.

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Organizational Behavior

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$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

All courses include:

eTextbooks

2 to 3-day turnaround for grading

Multiple chances to improve your grade

On-demand tutoring & writing center

Student support 7 days a week

Organizational Behavior

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

About This Course

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ACE Approved 2024

Our Organizational Behavior online course provides a tailored opportunity to explore the behavior of individuals, groups, and organizations within today's dynamic work environment.

What You'll Learn

Correlate self-concept, personality, emotions, and values to work performance.

Correlate intelligence, ability, attitudes, job satisfaction, and learning to work performance.

Compare and contrast content and process theories of motivation.

Explain the use of goal-setting, feedback, rewards, and reinforcement, in improving performance.

Examine the structure, size, and design of teams, and the effect of norms and roles on behavior.

Examine techniques for effective team work, especially in problem-solving and decision-making

Examine barriers to communication and apply techniques of effective communication and also explain why communication is important in organizations while discussing four influences on effective communication encoding and decoding

Differentiate functional and dysfunctional conflict and apply conflict management techniques.

Select elements of organizational structure to optimize employee motivation.

Apply leadership theories and styles to improve employee motivation.

Select elements of organizational structure to optimize employee motivation.

Correlate organizational culture to employee motivation.

Examine employee responses to organizational change and apply strategies to overcome resistance to change.

Apply leadership theories and styles to improve employee motivation.

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Course Details

BUS120

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Organizational Behavior

Topics you will learn about in Organizational Behavior includes communications, motivations, leadership, power structure, and organizational culture.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

Topic Subtopics
Issues in Organizational Behavior
  • Social Perception and Attributions
  • Diversity
  • Stress and Stress Management
Determinants of Individual Behavior
  • Self-Concept
  • Personality
  • Emotions
  • Values
Determinants of Individual Task Performance
  • Intelligence and Ability
  • Attitudes
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Learning
Theories of Motivation
  • Content Theories of Motivation
  • Process Theories of Motivation
Motivation: Performance Management
  • Goal Setting
  • Feedback and Rewards
  • Reinforcement
Team Building & Teams in the Workplace
  • Types of Teams
  • Norms and Roles
  • Team Structures
  • Problems of Teams
  • Effective Teams
  • Stages of Team Development
  • Decision Making in Teams
Communication
  • Process of Communication
  • Barriers to Communication
  • Types of Communication
  • Effective Communication
Organizational Politics
  • Influence Tactics
  • Types of Power
  • Politics
  • Ethics
Conflict and Negotiation
  • Causes of Conflict
  • Functional and Dysfunctional
  • Conflict
  • Conflict Management
  • Negotiation
Leadership
  • Leadership Theories and Styles
  • Leaders and Followers
Organizational Structure and Design
  • Structure and Organizational Behavior
Organizational Culture
  • Elements of Organizational Culture
  • Organizational Socialization
  • Mentoring
Change Management
  • Models of Change
  • Resistance to Change
  • Overcoming Resistance to Change

Your score provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.

Assignments for this course include:

  • 6 Reflective Responses
  • 4 Graded Exams
  • 1 Graded Midterm
  • 1 Graded Final


The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.


McShane, S. L., & Young, M. V. (2024). Organizational Behavior, 10th edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.

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