Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module 1: Understanding Organizational Behavior

• 1 What is Organizational Behaviour?
• a What is management? Evidence based management
• b Disciplines that contribute to Organizational Behavior
• c Challenges and opportunities for Organizational Behavior
• 2 Organizational Structure
• a What is it?
• b Common organizational designs
• 3 Workforce diversity
• a Ability
• b Implementing diversity management strategies

Module 2: Psychological factors

• 1 Attitudes
• a Components of attitudes
• b How does attitude affect behavior? Major job attitudes
• 2 Job Satisfaction
• a Measuring job satisfaction
• b Causes of job satisfaction, impact of job satisfaction
• 3 Personality & Values
• a What is Personality?
• b Importance of values
• c Person-Job fit, Person-Organization fit
• 4 Psychological Capital
• a Understanding resilience, optimism, and self-efficacy

Module 3: Motivation and Leadership

• 1 Motivation: meaning & theories-
• a Early theories (hierarchy of needs, theory x and theory y, two factor theory, McClelland’s theory of needs)
• b Contemporary theories (Self-determination, Job engagement, Goal setting, Self Efficacy, Reinforcement, Expectancy, Equity theory/Organizational Justice)
• c Application of motivation theories (Job characteristics model, Employee involvement programs, Using rewards)
• 2 Leadership:
• a Meaning, types (charismatic, transformational, authentic)
• b Application & theories- Trait, Behavioral, Contingency, LMX

Module 4: Organizational Systems, Conflict and Change

• 1 Groups
• a Why do people form groups? Group characteristics
• b Group decision making
• c Work teams: types of work teams, creating effective teams
• 2 Power in Organizations
• a Bases of power, power tactics
• b Politics- meaning, causes & consequences of political behaviour
• 3 Conflict
• a Meaning, the conflict process
• 4 Work Stress Management
• a What is stress? Potential sources of stress
• b Consequences of stress at the workplace
• c Managing stress

Text Books

• 1 Robbins, S. P., Judge, T. A., & Vohra, N. (2019). Organizational Behavior (18th ed.). Pearson Education.

Reference Books

• 1 Singh, K. (2015). Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases (3rd ed.). Vikas Publishing House.
• 2 Pareek, U., & Khanna, S. (2016). Understanding Organizational Behaviour (4th ed.). Oxford University Press.
• 3 Luthans, F., Luthans, B. C., & Luthans, K. W. (2021). Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach (14th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
• 4 Spector, P. E. (2021). Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice (8th ed.). Wiley India.
• 5 Gupta, C. B. (2014). A Textbook of Organisational Behaviour. Sultan Chand & Sons.
• 6 Sinha, J. B. P. (2008). Culture and Organizational Behaviour. SAGE Publications India