Organizational Behavior: Managerial and Organizational Challenges
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
ORGB 3201-05: Spring 2014
Instructor: Marla Baskerville Watkins
Class Schedule: Tuesdays and Fridays(3:25-5:05) Dodge 140
Office: College of Business, 112 Hayden Hall,Management and Organizational Development
Office Hours: Office Hours: Tuesdays (11-1)
E-Mail: m.baskerville@neu.edu
REQUIRED READINGS
You will be required to read a textbook, academic articles, news articles, and cases that can be retrieved from your coursepacket, the internet, and Blackboard.
Textbook: Hitt, M. A., Miller, C. C., & Colella, A. Organizational Behavior: A Strategic Approach. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley. Second Edition.
Coursepacket: Available athttps://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/23589050
The Harvard Business Review articles (HBR) are not included in the coursepacket because you can access them for free. You are responsible for finding the HBR articles through the library or the EBSCO host database.
**Additional reading assignments are posted on Blackboard under “Course Materials”.
OVERVIEW
This is an introductory, survey course in Organizational Behavior (OB). The purpose of this course is to survey a variety of managerial and organizational issues and challenges faced in today 's complex business environment. The field of organizational behavior is a multidisciplinary field, which draws on theory from many disciplines including psychology, sociology, and economics. The course addresses skills needed to deal with managerial and organizational issues and challenges. Thus, we’ll cover topics such as power and politics, diversity, motivation, decision-making, leadership, teamwork, and culturefrom both theoretical and practical perspectives.
The course will involve a combination of learning methods, including lectures, discussions, movies, ‘friendly’ debates, case-analyses, and class activities to help students understand business and management issues. Thus, it is important for all students to attend class and
ORGB 3201-05: Spring 2014
Instructor: Marla Baskerville Watkins
Class Schedule: Tuesdays and Fridays(3:25-5:05) Dodge 140
Office: College of Business, 112 Hayden Hall,Management and Organizational Development
Office Hours: Office Hours: Tuesdays (11-1)
E-Mail: m.baskerville@neu.edu
REQUIRED READINGS
You will be required to read a textbook, academic articles, news articles, and cases that can be retrieved from your coursepacket, the internet, and Blackboard.
Textbook: Hitt, M. A., Miller, C. C., & Colella, A. Organizational Behavior: A Strategic Approach. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley. Second Edition.
Coursepacket: Available athttps://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/23589050
The Harvard Business Review articles (HBR) are not included in the coursepacket because you can access them for free. You are responsible for finding the HBR articles through the library or the EBSCO host database.
**Additional reading assignments are posted on Blackboard under “Course Materials”.
OVERVIEW
This is an introductory, survey course in Organizational Behavior (OB). The purpose of this course is to survey a variety of managerial and organizational issues and challenges faced in today 's complex business environment. The field of organizational behavior is a multidisciplinary field, which draws on theory from many disciplines including psychology, sociology, and economics. The course addresses skills needed to deal with managerial and organizational issues and challenges. Thus, we’ll cover topics such as power and politics, diversity, motivation, decision-making, leadership, teamwork, and culturefrom both theoretical and practical perspectives.
The course will involve a combination of learning methods, including lectures, discussions, movies, ‘friendly’ debates, case-analyses, and class activities to help students understand business and management issues. Thus, it is important for all students to attend class and