Management and Organizational Behavior - ASGV10009

• Title: Management and Organizational Behavior
• Guaranteed by: Department of Sociology (21-KSOC)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Dana Mudd, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Dana Mudd, Ph.D.
• Class: Exchange - 14.2 Sociology; Exchange - 14.9 Others-Social Sciences

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Dana Mudd, Ph.D. (02.10.2023)

Course Mission and Objectives:<br>
The effectiveness of organizations depends heavily on how organization manages its people. The success of an <br>
individual manager similarly depends on how he or she manages, interacts with, and relates to people. This <br>
course provides in-depth look at the people side of organizations. We will study how employees impact the <br>
effectiveness of their organization and how organizations and their managers impact the attitudes and behaviors <br>
of their employees. In this course you will learn how organizations can improve their effectiveness through better <br>
management of people and how individual managers can be more effective and successful in their careers. <br>
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The course has two basic objectives: <br>
The first one is to provide you with frameworks for understanding critical issues related to organizational behavior <br>
and understanding of how to apply those frameworks. The second one is to help you identify how you yourself can <br>
be more effective in organizational settings. To accomplish course objectives we will rely on a variety of activities. <br>
Learning will be interactive; each session will require your active participation. <br>
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Course Overview:<br>
As a general approach, I assume that the opportunity and responsibility for learning are in your hands. How <br>
successful you will be in this course is significantly affected by your activity and pro-activity in our learning <br>
community. We will achieve the course goals through reading, cases, exercises, role-plays, analytical discussions <br>
and presentations. The structure of the class will be highly interactive. To make this happen, each student must <br>
participate in the class activities. Extensive preparation, analysis and discussions will help you understand the <br>
major topics and issues.

Session Hours Topic Note
Oct 9 2 Introduction to MOB
 Overview of Management
 Managerial Roles
Oct 16 Foundations of Individual Behavior
 Values, Attitudes, Perceptions
 Foundations of Research Methodology applied to OB
Oct 23 2 Motivation at work
 Content and Process Theories of Motivation ONLINE
Oct 30 2 Motivation: From Concepts to Applications (Job Characteristics Model, Performance Appraisal) ONLINE
Nov 6 2 Communication in Organizations
 Communication process and channels
 Communication Networks
 Cross-cultural communication
Nov 13 2 Conflict Management
 Types and Levels of Conflicts
 Key communication techniques
Nov 20 2 Groups and Teams
 Group Dynamics
 Teams, types of teams
 Belbin’s roles in a Team
 Building Effective team
Nov 27 2 Enhancing Group/Team effectiveness
 Group decision making
 Techniques of facilitating group decision making MIDTERM test
Dec 4 2 Foundations of Change Management
 Key principles of Organizational Change
 Readiness for Change
 Stakeholders management LATEST DEADLINE:
Submit HBS Case Analysis:
Bernd Sterzel at the IVth Medizinische Klinik
Dec 11 2 Organizational Design – Org. Structure and Culture
 Managing Global Organizations
 Cross-cultural Mgmt.
 National Cultures
Dec 18 4 Stress Management at Work place
 Delegating
 Coping with Stress
 Burn out
Jan 8 3 Final Project Presentations