INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

BA-3361.501 Spring 2011

Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 5.30 to 06:45 PM

Place: SOM 2.714
Instructor: Padmakumar Nair, SOM 4.208
Telephone: 972-883-6264
Email: padmakumar.nair@utdallas.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 04.30 to 05.30 PM or by appointment

INTRODUCTION
A good knowledge of Organizational Behavior is important for all of us. This is because we all
are members of different kinds of organizations. The smallest organization we belong to is our
family! In this course we will look at organizational behavior mainly from a positive
organizational psychology point of view. That means that we will focus our attention on creating,
fostering and managing organizations in which people thrive and perform at their best.

TEXT BOOK
Organizational Behavior, 12th or 13th ed., Hellriegel and Slocum, South-Western.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students should be able to:

1) Describe team processes and explain the characteristics associated with effective team
performance.
2) Apply ethical and value-related issues as they relate to human behavior in organizations
to making ethical and responsible decisions.
3) Explain and apply major theoretical and scholarly approaches, empirical findings, and
historical trends in Organizational Behavior.
4) Explain and apply the multicultural aspects and international dimensions of the societies
and world in which we live and be familiar with knowledge and methods necessary to
deal with related problems.

EXAMS, POP-QUIZZES and GRADING

There will be THREE MULTIPLE CHOICE exams and a comprehensive exam. All the
exams will be in the class and you will be given 40 minutes to complete it. Please note that the
exams are closed book and may not contain any bonus questions. Each exam counts for 20% of
your final grade.

GRADING
Exam I +II+III 60%
Exam IV (comprehensive) 30%
Pop-Quiz 10%
COURSE SCHEDULE (Tentative)
Date Content
Week 1 Chapters 3, 6 and 7
01/11 & 01/13 (Introduction to OB, Individual Differences and Motivation)
Week 2 Chapters 3, 6 and 7
01/18 & 01/20 (Introduction to OB, Individual Differences, Motivation )
Week 3 MBTI administration (01/25) [Ms. Janie Shipman, Career Center]
01/25 & 01/27 Exam I (01/27)
Week 4 MBTI Feedback (02/01) [Ms. Janie Shipman, Career Center]
02/01 & 02/03
Chapters 6, 7 and 5
(Motivation and Learning & Behavior Change)
Week 5 Chapters 4 and14
02/08 & 02/10 (Perception & Attribution, Decision Making)

Week 6 Chapters 4 and 14

02/15 & 02/17 (Perception & Attribution, Decision Making)

Week 7 Chapters 4 and 14

02/22 & 02/24 (Perception & Attribution, Decision Making)
Exam II (02/24)
Week 8 Movie 12 angry men
03/01 & 03/03 Chapters 10, 11, 12 and 13
(Leading Teams, Leadership and Organizational Conflict)
Week 9 Chapters 10, 11, 12 and 13
03/08 & 03/10 (Leading Teams, Leadership and Organizational Conflict)
Week 10 Spring Break
03/15 & 03/17
Week 11 Chapters 10, 11, 12 and 13
03/22 & 03/25 (Leading Teams, Leadership and Organizational Conflict)
Movie Gandhi (part I)
Week 12 Movie Gandhi (part II)
03/29 & 03/31 Exam III (03/31)
Week 13 Chapters 15, 16 & 17
04/05 & 04/07 (Org. Design, Culture and Change)
Week 14 Chapters 15, 16 & 17
04/12 & 04/14 (Org. Design, Culture and Change)
Week 15 Chapters 15, 16 & 17
04/19 & 04/21 (Org. Design, Culture and Change)
Week 16 Exam Review
04/26 & 04/28 Exam IV(comprehensive) (11/15)