ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR - MGT355 Spring 2025
Course

About
DEFINITION
Organizational Behavior (OB) is the academic study of how people interact within group settings. (Investopedia)
The course of Organizational Behavior (OB) addresses the systematic study of actions and
attitudes that people demonstrate within organizations. The goal is to prepare students for
their careers by helping them understand and apply the OB principles in the real-life
situations to increase work productivity, leadership effectiveness and employee satisfaction
and motivation.
The course focuses on OB at three levels: individual, interpersonal, and collective. We will
start at the individual level, covering decision-making, motivation, and personality. We will
then turn to the interpersonal level, covering communication, power, influence, and
negotiations. Finally, we will move up to the collective level, covering leadership and
organizational context.