Human Behavior in Organization

This course is an introduction to the concepts, theories and ideas guiding behavior at work. This course will introduce you to a wide array of theories on topics relevant to understanding employee and managerial behavior and provide insight and hands-on experience on how to use this knowledge to address problems that you will face in organizations. Some of the topics covered in this course include the study of personality, motivation, work attitudes and leadership. Some of the questions that we will address include: How do we effectively motivate employees? How does personality affect job performance? What leadership styles are effective with different employees? We will be applying theories at the organizational, group and individual levels of analysis and tying them in to examples of real-world applications.