115-0562/01 – Organizational Behaviour (OB)

Gurantor department	Department of Management	Credits	4
Subject guarantor	doc. PhDr. ThDr. Lucjan Klimsza, PhD.	Subject version guarantor	PhDr. Anna Dušková
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Compulsory
Year	1	Semester	summer
		Study language	English
Year of introduction	2009/2010	Year of cancellation	2011/2012
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
KIR30	doc. PhDr. Iva Kirovová, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Examination	3+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

1.To explain interactions of main factors influencing organizational behavior, and change management. 2.To explain main individual, group and organizational factors influencing organizational behavior. 3.To understand interactions of organizational behavior and organizational processes. 4 To explain the importance of organization design and organizational development. 5.To explicate the importance of leadership, power and influence.

Teaching methods

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Seminars

Summary

The course presents main concepts of OB and their application within organizational concepts. The course includes the issue of individual and group behavior that influences realization of organizational goals. Theoretical concepts are needed for analyses of main individual, group and organizational factors influencing organizational processes that have an impact for organizational competitiveness.

Compulsory literature:

COLLINS, Denis. Business Ethics. Best Practices for Designing and Managing Ethical Organizations. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5063-8805-2. MULLINS, Laurie J. Management and Organisational Behaviour. 12th ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2019. ISBN 978-1-292-24548-5. STERNAD, Dietmar. Effective management: developing yourself, others and organizations. London: Red Globe Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1-352-00729-9.

Recommended literature:

ARNOLD, John et al. Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace. 7th ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2020. ISBN 978-1-292-26943-6. DENHARDT, Robert B.; DENHARDT, Janet V.; ARISTIGUETA, Maria P. a RAWLINGS, Kelly C. Managing human behavior in public and nonprofit organizations. 5th ed. California: SAGE, 2020. ISBN 978-1-5063-8266-1. GRIFFIN, Ricky W.; PHILLIPS, Jean M. a GULLY, Stanley M. Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations. 12th ed. Boston: Cengage, 2021. ISBN 978-1305501393.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

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Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Preface into subject. 2. Organization and its goals 3. Regulation of human behavior in organization 4. Changes in organization 5. Resistance to change. 6. Strategy of implementation changes in organization. 7. Attitudes and process of influencing people. 8. Power and influence in organization 9. Power instruments and essence of their affects. 10. Communication in organization. 11. Formal communication 12. Informal communication 13. Decision making. 14. Individual and group decision making.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2009/2010 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Examination	Examination	100	51	3

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2011/2012	(B6208) Economics and Management	(6208R174) European Business Studies	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2010/2011	(B6209) Systems Engineering and Informatics	(6209R025) System Engineering and Informatics	P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2010/2011	(B6208) Economics and Management	(6208R174) European Business Studies	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2009/2010	(B6208) Economics and Management	(6208R174) European Business Studies	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan

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