Organizational Behaviour: Individual Dynamics in Organization

By Prof. Abraham Cyril Issac | IIT Guwahati

Learners enrolled: 3936 | Exam registration: 685

ABOUT THE COURSE:

Organizational behaviour is an essential part of management studies as it centers around the activities of individuals nested within the system and interacting amongst themselves and the system to create output. The focus on individual dynamics is the crux of this course which will equip the course takers to understand the theories and applications of behavior in work settings. The course encompasses individual attributes which impact workers’ behavior at their workplace. Individuals are the basic blocks of organizational behavior. Some individual characteristics remain the same across time whereas some change depending on their internal and external conditions. By the end of this course, students are expected to have a thorough understanding of the individual dynamics that play an important role in organizational context. They will be able to

i) Analyze the human factors responsible for various events occurring within the organization

ii) Think critically about situations using theoretical underpinnings

iii) Undertake better management practices and decisions.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: MBA, EMBA, Psychology students pursuing or have completed post-graduate course; students of any other discipline pursuing or have completed masters

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Any organization with significant human interaction within the workforce will value this course as it covers the basic tenets of individual behaviour within the organization

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Management Studies Human Resource Management
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	20 Jan 2025
End Date :	11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends :	27 Jan 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	14 Feb 2025
Exam Date :	27 Apr 2025 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:Understanding organizational behaviour

Lecture 1: Understanding organizational behavior: Tracing the evolution-1

Lecture 2: Understanding organizational behavior: Tracing the evolution-2

Lecture 3: Individual in the organization: The building blocks

Lecture 4: Understanding individual differences-1

Lecture 5: Understanding individual differences -2

Week 2: Diversity and inclusion in organization

Lecture 1: Diverse workforce, inclusive mindset- 1

Lecture 2: Diverse workforce, inclusive mindset- 2

Lecture 3: Perception of diversity and inclusion

Lecture 4: Ableism and inclusion

Lecture 5: Diversity management

Week 3: Perception and decision making

Lecture 1: The perceptual process

Lecture 2: Factors that influence perception

Lecture 3: Perception and decision making

Lecture 4: What affects decisions?

Lecture 5: Ethical decision making

Week 4: Affect and emotions

Lecture 1: Affect and emotions

Lecture 2: Affective events theory

Lecture 3: emotional intelligence

Lecture 4: Understanding stress

Lecture 5: Emotions and moods: Application at workplace

Week 5: Personality

Lecture 1: Understanding self and personality

Lecture 2: Types and theories of personality

Lecture 3: Measuring personality

Lecture 4: Personality traits relevant to organization

Lecture 5: Assessing personality: caveats and concerns

Week 6: Values at workplace

Lecture 1: Values and its importance

Lecture 2: Sources and types of values

Lecture 3: Values that cut across cultures

Lecture 4: Person-job fit

Lecture 5: Person-organization fit

Week 7 : Motivational differences in individuals

Lecture 1: Motivation: Basic understanding and definition

Lecture 2: Tracing the roots: Early theories-1

Lecture 3: Tracing the roots: Early theories-1

Lecture 4: Keeping up with times: Contemporary theories- 1

Lecture 5: Keeping up with times: Contemporary theories- 2

Week 8: Motivation: Application at workplace

Lecture 1: Job Design and job characteristics model

Lecture 2: Employee involvement

Lecture 3: Motivating the employees: Strategies for organization-1

Lecture 4: Motivating the employees: Strategies for organization-2

Lecture 5: Organizational justice and employee motivation

Week 9: Learning in organization

Lecture 1: Defining learning

Lecture 2: How do individuals learn?

Lecture 3: Theories of learning- 1

Lecture 4:Theories of learning- 2

Lecture 5: Learning in an organizational setting

Week 10: Creativity, psychological capital and mindfulness

Lecture 1: Understanding creativity

Lecture 2: Stages of individual creativity

Lecture 3: Creativity and problem solving

Lecture 4: Defining psychological capital

Lecture 5: Using Psychological capital and mindfulness at work

Week 11: Knowledge sharing and hiding

Lecture 1: Understanding knowledge sharing

Lecture 2: Understanding knowledge hiding- what it is and what it is not

Lecture 3: Individual factors affecting knowledge hiding

Lecture 4: Integrating knowledge sharing and hiding behavior

Lecture 5: Strategies for individuals to foster knowledge sharing

Week 12: Employee voice and silence

Lecture 1: Understanding employee voice and silence

Lecture 2: Individual factors affecting voice behavior

Lecture 3: Individual factors affecting silence

Lecture 4: Can silence be strategic?

Lecture 5: Strategies for fostering safe environment at work

Books and references

1. Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge and Neharika Vohra (2022). Organizational Behavior (18th Edition). Noida: Pearson Education.

2. Steven L. McShane and Mary Ann Von Glinow (2022). Organizational Behavior (9th Edition). Noida: McGraw Hill.

3. Fred Luthans (2013). Organizational Behavior. New Delhi: McGraw Hill.

Instructor bio

Prof. Abraham Cyril Issac

IIT Guwahati

Prof. Abraham Cyril Issac is an Assistant Professor in the School of Business at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He is a Ph.D from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. He is a Mechanical Engineer from Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur and holds postgraduate degrees in Business Administration, Psychology and Business Laws from, National Institute of Technology Calicut, University of Madras and NLSIU Bangalore respectively. He specializes now in Organizational Behaviour with a special focus on a relatively new construct of "Knowledge hiding" and is one of the most productive researchers in the area. His academic interests include Human Resource Management, Knowledge Management, and Strategy. He is the recipient of the IIT Madras Institute Research Award 2021 and the R.N. Rajendran Best Thesis Award. He has published and presented extensively in various reputed international journals and conferences. Apart from his regular teaching and research assignments, he also engages actively in consultancy, training and coaching programmes.

Publications:

2 ABDC-A, 7 ABDC-B, and 3 ABDC-C journals.

Achievements:

IIT Madras Institute Research (IR) Award 2021 for his excellent Ph.D work

R. N Rajendran Award for Best Thesis in Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management.

Area of interests:

Organizational Behaviour

Human Resource Management

Knowledge Management

Macroeconomics.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: April 27, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.

Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Guwahati .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

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