| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
• It makes the course presentation.
• Organizational Behavior provides input-level information about science.
• Defines Organizational Behavior.
• Explain the basic concepts and topics examined in Organizational Behavior
• Provides entry level information on management. |
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| 2) |
• What is Personality and its definition.
• Examines personality measurement.
• Examines the factors that determine personality.
• Discuss the personality models.
• What are individual values, explanations.
• Explains the person-business alignment and person-organization alignment.
• Examines the framework of Hofstede's evaluation of cultures.
• Examine the GLOBE framework while evaluating cultures. |
Reading Section 1 |
| 3) |
• Describe the elements of attitude.
• Describe the dimensions of the attitude.
• Attitudes, can they bring about behavior alone?
• Examines Cognitive Contradiction Theory and Heider's Equilibrium Theory in Change of Attitude.
• Gives information about the measurement of attitudes.
• What is job satisfaction and defines.
• Examines job satisfaction measurement.
• Explains the effect of job satisfaction on employee behavior. |
Reading the 5th chapter |
| 4) |
• Describe the factors that affect the perception.
• Explains the elements of the Citation Theory.
• It examines the shortcuts used in social perception and citation errors.
• Rational Decision Model, Limited Rationality and Intuitive Decision.
• Examines the prejudices and misconceptions that often occur when making decisions.
• Describe the individual and organizational factors that influence decision making.
• Examines the concept of ethics in the decision-making process.
• Examines the concept of creativity in decision making. |
Reading chapter 3 |
| 5) |
• Defines three basic elements of motivation.
• Explains Needs Hierarchy Theory.
• Explains theory X and theory Y.
• Explains the Dual Factor Theory.
• Explains the Theory of Self-Stability.
• Explains Cognitive Appraisal Theory.
• Explain the Goal Setting Theory.
• Explains Self-Competence Theory.
• Explains the theory of reinforcement.
• Explain the concept of organizational justice.
• Explain the Expectation Theory. |
Reading chapter 6 |
| 6) |
• Describe the concept of group.
• Examines group types.
• Why do humans participate in grubs?, Examines it.
• Explains the Five Step Group Development Model.
• Define roles, norms, status, size and solidarity in groups.
• Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of group decisions.
• Describe the concept of group thought.
• Examines the brain storms, decision making techniques in groups such as the nominal group technique. |
Reading chapter 7 |
| 7) |
• What is team and its define.
• Examines tool types in terms of their properties.
• Explains the Team Effectiveness Model.
• Context examines the basic components of teams in detail, such as team structure, business design and team processes.
• Define key roles in teams. |
Reading chapter 9 |
| 8) |
Midterm |
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| 9) |
• Define the basic parts of the communication process.
• Explain formal and informal communication.
• Describes downward, upward, horizontal, and diagonal communication.
• Define verbal, written and non-verbal communication.
• Sort communication channels according to their wealth of information.
• Examines cultural obstacles in communication. |
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| 10) |
• Explain the difference between leadership and management.
• Explains the Theory of Properties in Leadership.
• Explains Behavioral Theories in Leadership.
• Explains Situational Leadership Theories.
• Explains Leader-member Interaction Theory.
• Charismatic Leadership and Transformer Explains Leadership Theories.
• What is authentic Leadership?
• Examines the ethical requirements of the Leadership.
• Examines the credibility of the leader. |
Reading section 11 |
| 11) |
• Define official power and personal strength.
• Defines compelling power, reward power and legal power.
• Defines the strength of power and charismatic power.
• Nine tactical explanations for power or influence.
• What is the unequal power at work ?
• Explain political behavior in organizations.
• Defines legitimate and illegitimate political behavior.
• Examines the causes and consequences of political behavior.
• Examines defensive behavior. |
Reading section 12 |
| 12) |
• Examines types of conflict.
• Examines conflict management techniques.
• Explain their role in the negotiation process.
• Disclose distributor and integrative bargaining methods.
• Explain fixed paste and integrative bargaining methods.
• Examines individual differences in negotiation effectiveness. |
Reading section 13 |
| 13) |
• Examines the forms of organization.
• Describe the characteristics of the bureaucracy.
• What is a virtual organization and defines it.
• Definition of unlimited organization.
• Define and compare mechanical and organic organization models.
• Describe the matrix organization structure. |
Reading chapter 14 |
| 14) |
• Compares the organizational culture the functional and non-functional effects of the individual and the organization.
• Explains the organization factors that are effective in the creation and maintenance of culture.
• Explain how to create an ethical culture.
• Describe the positive organization culture.
• Describe the characteristics of spiritual cultures. |
Reading section 15 |
| 15) |
Final Exam |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Explain the essential body of knowledge in the area of business administration, including evolution of the discipline, the state-of-the-art concepts, scientific methodology, theories and models |
5 |
| 2) |
Employ the appropriate tools and analytical techniques to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data in the related areas, interpret results and propose solutions |
2 |
| 3) |
Recognize the importance of technological development, especially in information technologies, and utilize them in business administration |
1 |
| 4) |
Evaluate the body of knowledge in the dynamic business world and business functional areas to asses needs, manage and lead change by using critical and innovative thinking |
5 |
| 5) |
Discover and create entrepreneurial opportunities and expertise to successfully establish and develop their own ventures |
4 |
| 6) |
Fulfill their responsibility in teamwork and projects in businesses, and act as a leader |
5 |
| 7) |
Communicate in written and oral English with people from diverse backgrounds, and have the English proficiency to follow and interpret the global dynamics in the areas of business administration |
5 |
| 8) |
Recognize individual and multi-cultural diversity, and can emphatically interact with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds in social and professional settings |
5 |
| 9) |
Identify standards of personal, professional, social and business ethics, evaluate the ethical implications of various practices in the related areas, and be aware the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to the society |
5 |
| 10) |
Recognize interrelationship among business and other disciplines, and relate knowledge from diverse areas to formulate novel solutions in the area of business administration |
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