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WEBSTER UNIVERSITY • BJC • GEORGE HERBERT WALKER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY •
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
MNGT-5590
3 Credits
05/27/2013 to 07/26/2013
Section 09
SU 2013
Modified 05/24/2013
MEETING TIMES
Monday 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm St. Louis Community College Corporate Center
CONTACT INFORMATION
Instructor: Dr. M. L. (Mac) McKinney
Email: mckinnmi@webster.edu
DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to many of the basic principles of human behavior that effective managers use when managing individuals and groups in organizations. These include theories relating to individual differences in abilities and attitudes, attribution, motivation, group dynamics, power and politics, leadership, conflict resolution, organizational culture, and organizational structure and design.
Requisites
None
OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Define, discuss, and recognize important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques, and theories taught in this organizational behavior course.
2. Identify and apply appropriate terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques, and theories from the organizational behavior course when analyzing factual situations with organizational behavior problems.
3. Develop reasonable solutions to organizational behavior problems using appropriate facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques, and theories from this organizational behavior course.
4. Evaluate the quality of their proposed solutions to organizational behavior problems against appropriate criteria, including organizational constraints.
5. Discuss the relevance and application of the concepts, principles, and theories used in organizational behavior to contemporary events.
6. Identify and discuss the interrelationships among the concepts, principles, and theories used in the different areas of