MAN 3240 - Applied Organizational Behavior

College of Business

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Summer 2025 (650)

Requisites

Admission to Management and Organizational Leadership (Bachelor of Applied Science) (MGTORG-BAS) or
Admission to Sustainability Management (Bachelor of Applied Science) (SUSMGT-BAS) or
Admission to Business Administration (Bachelor of Science) (BUS-BS) or
Admission to Technology Development and Management (Bachelor of Applied Science) (TMGT-BAS) or
Admission to Health Services Administration (Bachelor of Applied Science) (HSA-BAS) or
Admission to Public Safety Administration (Bachelor of Applied Science) (PSA-BAS) or
Admission to Educational Studies and Community Leadership (Bachelor of Science) (EDST-BS)

Course Description

This course is a dynamic and practical course designed to explore the fundamental concepts and principles of organizational behavior and their real-world applications. This course equips students with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand, analyze, and effectively navigate the complexities of human behavior within organizations. By examining topics such as management, leadership, motivation, communication, teamwork, and decision-making, students will develop a broad understanding of how individuals and groups function within the workplace. (Note: Study Abroad opportunities may apply to this course (https://blog.spcollege.edu/international/study-abroad/)).

Course Topics

Topic 1
 

Study Abroad- Costa Rica

Topic 2
 

Study Abroad- Greece

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will evaluate basic management functions, roles and skills by:
    1. examining managerial perspectives of organizational behavior.
    2. applying the dimensions of basic management functions, roles and skills to case scenarios.
    3. determining major organizational challenges and relating them to organizational behavior.
    4. explaining how to use the knowledge of organizational behavior to manage for effectiveness.
  2. The student will analyze ethical and diversity issues, multiculturalism and individual differences by:
    1. comparing ethics, diversity and individual differences.
    2. explaining why ethics, diversity and individual differences are important in organizations.
    3. identifying and applying various dimensions of ethics, diversity and individual differences to case studies.
  3. The student will compare and contrast the theories of motivation as related to the work environment and differences in performance by:
    1. defining motivation and examining the basic principles related to human behavior.
    2. analyzing various theories on motivation such as needs theories, equity theories and expectancy theories.
    3. appraising differences in performance based on behavior approaches, intrinsic motivation, and goal-setting theory.
    4. defining job satisfaction and examining the theories of job satisfaction and job design.
  4. The student will evaluate the dimensions of communication processes, and negotiation by:
    1. identifying the basic communication process steps.
    2. explaining the barriers to communication and methods for conflict resolution.
    3. assessing the importance of negotiation within the organizational framework.
  5. The student will analyze group behavior and effective work teams by:
    1. explaining the different types of groups.
    2. identifying the key factors affecting group performance and the effective elements of teamwork.
    3. evaluating the benefit of teams.
    4. identifying team development stages, attributes and behaviors.
    5. planning and conducting effective team meetings.
  6. The student will apply the dimensions of organizational structure, design, culture and change by:
    1. defining organizational structure, design, culture and change and explaining how they affect employee behavior.
    2. describing the basic dimensions and different approaches of structural configurations and organizational designs.
    3. explaining the dual concepts of authority and responsibility.
    4. identifying emerging issues in organizational culture.
    5. explaining the key elements of managing the organizational culture.
    6. summarizing dominant forces for change in organizations and employing the keys to managing successful organizational change and development.
    7. describing and evaluating the process of planned organizational change.
    8. assessing organizational and individual sources of resistance to change.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I 9/24/02, BOT 10/17/02 Effective 20022. C&I 5/27/03, BOT 6/17/03, Effective 20031. changed at the request of the Dean of Tech Mgmt. Online 20031. C&I 10/12/04, BOT 11/16/04, Effective 20051(0355). C&I 9/26/06, BOT 10/17/06, Effective 20061(0370). C&I 3/23/2010, BOT 4/21/2010, Effective 20093(0425).
C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Summer 2025 (650)

Related Programs

  1. Business Administration (BUS-BS) (610) (Active)
  2. Health Services Administration (HSA-BAS) (655) (Active)
  3. Management and Organizational Leadership (MGTORG-BAS) (645) (Active)
  4. Public Safety Administration (PSA-BAS) (655) (Active)
  5. Sustainability Management (SUSMGT-BAS) (640) (Active)