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School of Business

MBA Program

Course Name: Management and Organizational Behavior Course Code & Section No: BUS520.1

Semester: Summer 2015

INSTRUCTOR & DEPARTMENT INFORMATION 1. Instructor Name: Dr. Shahed Alam

2. Instructor Office NAC 837 3. Office Hours: Wednesday, 05:00 PM 07:00 PM

4. Office Phone: 8852000 Ext 1707

5. Email Address: shahed.alam@northsouth.edu

6. Department: Management, School of Business

7. Links: North South University Website: http://www.northsouth.edu School of Business Website: http://www.northsouth.edu/academic/sob/ Course Website:

COURSE & SECTION INFORMATION Class Time & Location Wednesday, 07:00 PM 10:10 PM, NAC 991

Course Prerequisite(s)

Course Credit Hours 3.0

Course Description This course integrates the study of management principles and practices with the study of human behavior within organizations. This amalgamation will enable students to use their understanding of how organizations function in developing applied behavioral skills necessary for managerial skills. Topics include perception and decision-making, conflict and negotiation, motivation and leadership theories, control, planning, organizational culture, structure and change, communication and interpersonal relationships.

Course Objectives 1. To develop a theoretical background in general aspects of management and organizational behavior.

2. To inform students about managerial roles and their essential skills. 3. To postulate contemporary issues of organizational structure and managerial

control and to explain contingent outcome of managerial success influenced by organizational culture and personality.

4. To enhance skills in perceiving different organizational relations, improving decision making ability, and resolving organizational conflicts and politics.

5. To explain the complexity of motivation and to provide its theoretical paradigm.

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6. To prepare students to understand organizational culture, develop leadership traits, and practice organizational ethics.

7. To demonstrate examples in delivering formal presentation about management and OB topics of relevance.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

Understand the theoretical underpinnings of organizational relations and organizational management.

Recognize the various forms of skills and roles of managers. Analyze perception process in the organizational life and develop appropriate

decision-making skill as a manager. Conceive appropriate traits of personality to demonstrate performance of a

good manager. Recognize positive and negative aspects of conflict and select appropriate

conflict resolution strategies in the organizational life. Understand different motivational processes and apply motivational concepts

in the organizational relations and job redesign. Diagnose the impact that different attitudes and values have on

organizational behavior. Address and use a systematic and comprehensive approach to solve

organizational problems as the leader keeping organizational ethics.

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LEARNING RESOURCES AND TEXTBOOK(S)

Text Book(s)

Author Title Edition & Year Publisher ISBN

Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge

Essentials of Organizational Behavior

12th edition (2012)

Pearson 9780273765295

Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, Neharika Vohra.

Management 10th Edition Pearson 9788131727201

eReferenc

Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge

Organizational Behavior 15th edition (2012)

Pearson 9780273765295

Others (Reference Books, CD ROMS, DVDs, e-Library, Internet, Articles)

Resource Type Description Type Comments

1. Internet

2. Articles

Business news and information

Discuss management issues

Management environment

Academic and Trade articles

Seeing management and organizational behavior issues in real business practices

Get a sense of organizational behavior theories and practices.

TEACHING STRATEGY

The class will be conducted through various activities including presentation of concepts and situations, discussion and exchanges of ideas, student initiative and active involvement, cases reflecting real world context, and a project. Students are expected to be actively involved and to take initiative for their own learning experience.

Particulars Percentage

Class Attendance and Participation 5%

Mid-Term Test 25%

Term Project, Report & Presentation 20%

Case Analysis / Paper Review 15%

Quizzes, Assignments 10%

Final Examination 25%

Total 100%

Please Refer to NSU Student Handbook, Section: Grading Policy

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CLASSROOM RULES OF CONDUCT 1. You may use your laptops in the class for class related work. Do not use your laptop for non-class

related work or in any manner that will be distracting to other students or the instructor.

2. Use of cell phones in class is not permitted. 3. Students are advised to frequently refer to the student code of conduct of North South

Universityon the following link:http://www.northsouth.edu/student-code-of-conduct.html 4. Academic Integrity Policy:

School of Business does not tolerate academic dishonesty by its students. At minimum, students must not be involved in cheating, copyright infringement, submitting the same work in multiple courses, significant collaboration with other individuals outside of sanctioned group activities, and fabrications.

Students are advised that violations of the Student Code of Conduct will be treated seriously, withspecial attention given to repeated offences.

Please Refer to NSU Student Code of Conduct, Sections: Violations of Code and Disciplinary Sanctions.

LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY

Promptness is a highly valued attribute in the workplace. Employees areexpected to plan ahead to meet deadlines. Managers reprimand or terminateemployees who are repeatedly late in submitting assignments. In this course, submitting assignments late will be penalized. For each day late, 10 percent will be deducted from the value of the assignment.

GROUP PROJECTS POLICY

Each group (between 2-5 students) will submit a final report consisting of 3000 words (hard copy and electronic copy). Each team will alsopresent the project for 20 to 25 minutes.More details about the structure, components, time and criteria for assessment of the project will be announced during the semester.

EXAMS AND MAKE UP POLICY In order to complete the course, students must submit all the required assignments and sit for the exams. Make-up exams are not given unless there is a major circumstance preventing the student from sitting in the exam (official material evidence is required). The timing of the make-up is to be fixed with the instructor of the course if granted. Cell phones are prohibited in exam sessions.

ATTENDANCE POLICY Students are required and expected to attend all classes and participate in class discussions. North South University mandates to fail students who are absent 25% or more from their classes, even if such absences are excusable.

Please Refer to NSU Student Handbook, Section: Study Principles and Policies COMMUNICATION POLICY All communication should take place using the instructors email.

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APPROPRIATE USE POLICY All members of the North South University community must use electronic communications in a responsible manner. The University may restrict the use of its computers and network systems for electronic communications subject to violations of university policies/codes or local laws or national laws. Also, the university reserves the right to limit access to its networks through university-owned or other computers, and to remove or limit access to material posted on university-owned computers.

STUDENTS COMPLAINTS POLICY Students at North South University have the right to pursue complaints related to faculty, staff, and other students. The nature of the complaints may be either academic or non-academic. For more information about the policy and processes related to this policy, you may refer to the students handbook.

COURSE CONTENTS &SCHEDULE

1 - Orientation - Introduction to OB - Introduction to Management - Management History 2 - Diversity in Organizations - Attitudes and Job Satisfaction 3 - Emotions and Moods - Personality & Values 4 - Perception and Individual Decision Making 5 - Group Behavior - Work Teams 6 - Power and Politics - Conflict and Negotiation 7 Midterm and discussion 8 - Motivation Theories 9 - Leadership Theories 10 - Organizational Structure and Design 11 - Foundations of Planning - Foundations of Control 12 - Organizational Culture - Organizational Change and Stress Management Final Exam

Note: The instructor reserves the right to make changes to the syllabus if necessary.