Consortium for International Studies | Evaluated Learning Experience
Organizational Behavior BUS 106
Varies; self-study.
September 2018 – Present.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: define organizational behavior; describe culture, ethics and actions managers can take to help their employees value diversity; describe how attitudes are formed; discuss motivation and the needs for achievement, power, and affiliation at work; identify the social benefits of group and team membership; compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of group decision making; understand leadership and followership; identify the forms and types of conflict in the workplace; define differentiation and integration as organizational design processes; describe organizational culture; and identify the major external and internal forces for change in organizations.
Topics include organizational behavior in the context of culture and group dynamics, managing conflict and change, and organizational design processes and motivation. Students are graded based on a final examination.
In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Organizational Behavior, Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior, or Principles of Organizational Behavior (8/18) (9/23 revalidation).