Major elective · Psychology · Semester 5 · TY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours
Module 1: Understanding Organizational Behavior
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What is Organizational Behaviour?
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What is management? Evidence based management
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Disciplines that contribute to Organizational Behavior
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c
Challenges and opportunities for Organizational Behavior
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Organizational Structure
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a
What is it?
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b
Common organizational designs
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Workforce diversity
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Ability
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b
Implementing diversity management strategies
Module 2: Psychological factors
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Attitudes
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Components of attitudes
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How does attitude affect behavior? Major job attitudes
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Job Satisfaction
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Measuring job satisfaction
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Causes of job satisfaction, impact of job satisfaction
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3
Personality & Values
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What is Personality?
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Importance of values
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c
Person-Job fit, Person-Organization fit
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4
Psychological Capital
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Understanding resilience, optimism, and self-efficacy
Module 3: Motivation and Leadership
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Motivation: meaning & theories-
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Early theories (hierarchy of needs, theory x and theory y, two factor theory, McClelland’s theory of needs)
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b
Contemporary theories (Self determination, Job engagement, Goal setting, Self Efficacy, Reinforcement, Expectancy, Equity theory/Organizational Justice)
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c
Application of motivation theories (Job characteristics model, Employee involvement programs, Using rewards)
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2
Leadership:
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Meaning, types (charismatic, transformational, authentic)
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Application & theories- Trait, Behavioral, Contingency, LMX
Module 4: Organizational Systems, Conflict and Change
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Groups
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Why do people form groups? Group characteristics
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Group decision making
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c
Work teams: types of work teams, creating effective teams
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2
Power in Organizations
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a
Bases of power, power tactics
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Politics- meaning, causes & consequences of political behaviour
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3
Conflict
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Meaning, the conflict process
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4
Work Stress Management
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What is stress? Potential sources of stress
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Consequences of stress at the workplace
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c
Managing stress
Text Books
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Robbins, S. P., Judge, T. A., & Vohra, N. (2019). Organizational Behavior (18th ed.). Pearson Education.
Reference Books
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Singh, K. (2015). Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases (3rd ed.). Vikas Publishing House.
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Pareek, U., & Khanna, S. (2016). Understanding Organizational Behaviour (4th ed.). Oxford University Press.
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Luthans, F., Luthans, B. C., & Luthans, K. W. (2021). Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach (14th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
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Spector, P. E. (2021). Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice (8th ed.). Wiley India.
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Gupta, C. B. (2014). A Textbook of Organisational Behaviour. Sultan Chand & Sons.
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Sinha, J. B. P. (2008). Culture and Organizational Behaviour. SAGE Publications India
