Organizational Behavior
Grading Rubric
Schedule
Textbooks:
Main OB Textbook Notes:
Recruitment
Chapter 1 - Select on Intelligence
Chapter 2 - Select on Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability
Chapter 3 - Structure Interviews to Recruit and Hire the Best People
Performance Management
Chapter 4 - Design Training Systematically and Follow the Science of Training
Chapter 5 - Conduct Performance Appraisals to Improve Individual and Firm Performance
Chapter 6 - Promote Job Satisfaction through Mental Challenge
Chapter 7 - Control Voluntary Turnover by Understanding its Causes
Chapter 8 - Attain Emotional Control by Understanding What Emotions Are
Chapter 9 - Motivate Employee Performance through Goal Setting
Chapter 10 - Cultivate Self-efficacy for Personal and Organizational Effectiveness
Chapter 11 - Using Empowerment to Motivate People to Engage in Effective Self and Shared Leadership
Incentives
Chapter 12 - Pay for Performance
Chapter 13 - Provide Recognition for Performance Improvement
Performance Management for Teams
Chapter 15 - Foster Team Effectiveness by Fulfilling Key Leadership Functions
Chapter 16 - Compose Teams to Assure Successful Boundary Activity
Chapter 17 - Making Group Process Work: Harnessing Collective Intuition, Task Conflict, and Pacing
Chapter 18 - Manage Intra-team Conflict through Collaboration
Leadership
Chapter 19 - Use Power Effectively to Influence People
Chapter 20 - Lead through Vision and Values
Chapter 21 - Foster Trust through Ability, Benevolence, and Integrity
Chapter 22 - Design Structure to Fit Strategy
Chapter 23 - Communicate Successfully by Seeking Balance
Decision-Making
Chapter 24 - Use Participation to Share Information and Distribute Knowledge
Chapter 25 - Broaden the Decision Frame to Make Effective Decisions
Misc.
Chapter 26 - Stimulate Creativity by Fueling Passion
Chapter 27 - Manage Stress at Work through Preventive and Proactive Coping
Chapter 28 - Manage Conflict through Negotiation and Mediation
Chapter 29 - Sustain Organizational Performance through Continuous Learning
Chapter 30 - Gain Entrepreneurship Success through Swiftness and Experimentation
Chapter 31 - Achieve Work-Family Balance through Individual and Organizational Strategies
Chapter 32 - Use Information Technology for Organizational Change
Chapter 33 - Make Management Practice Fit National Cultures and the Global Culture
2013 Spring - PSYCH