Ob2course Outline

IMT

Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad

Organizational Behavior - II (Term 2)

Faculty: Dr. Amitabh Deo Kodwani Main Building, Room No. 16, Extn. 216 Email: [email protected] Contact Hours 17.00 pm-18.00 pm

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Overview Practically, organizations are hard to see. We see the outcroppings, such as a tall building or a computer workstation or a friendly employee; but the whole organization cannot be seen easily; it is vague and abstract and may be scattered along several locations. Yet we know organizations are there because they touch us everyday. Organizational Theory focuses primarily on structure and design aspects of organizations, although it also reflects on the relationship between structure and behaviour. Students should come to an understanding of the ways in which managers seek to promote organizational effectiveness through internal structures and processes. Students will analyze how organizations are structured within the context of the larger social, political, and economic environment; why systems of control and coordination vary across organizations and change over time; and how organizational theory may contribute towards improving the design and management of organizations.

Course Requirements and Pedagogy The course is aimed at 1st year students of management who have undergone a basic course in organizational behavior. The course requires an analytical ability to understand the concepts and a keen eye for observing how structures affect human behavior. The duration of the course will be 30 hours, with 20 sessions of 1.5 hours each. The sessions would comprise of Lectures, Case Discussions, Experiential Exercises and Project Work. Students are expected to read the assigned material before coming to class.

Evaluation Evaluation would be based on case analysis, presentations, assignments, and project study apart from quizzes, mid-term and end-term examinations. Evaluation scheme is as follows:

Quizzes Mid Term End Term Project Case Discussion & Participation

20% 20% 30% 20% 10%

Text Book: 

Organization Theory and Design- Richard L. Daft, Thomson Pub (8th ed.)

Reference Books: 1. Organizational Theory, Design, & Change – Gareth R. Jones, Pearson Edu. (4th ed.) 2. Organization Theory –Structure, Design and Applications –Stephen P. Robbins, Prentice Hall of India (3rd ed.)

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3. Organizational Behaviour- Andrzej Huczynski & David Buchanan, Financial Times-Prentice Hall (4th ed.) 4. Understanding organizations: Organizational Theory and Practice in India - Madhukar Shukla, Prentice Hall of India.

5. Organizational Behavior and Analysis - Rollin son, D., Aysen Broad field, David J. Edwards, 2nd Edition, Addison Wesley.

6. Organizational Behavior- S.P. Robbins & F. Luthans, Prentice Hall (10th ed.) 7. Organizational Behavior –Schermerhorn ,Hunt and Osborn, John Wiley (7th ed.) 8. Organisational Theory: A Synthesis of the Research – Henry Mintzberg, 1979 9. Imaginization –Gareth Morgan 10. Creative Organization Theory-Gareth Morgan

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Course Outline Module 1: Introduction to Organizations Session 1 & 2 Organization structure and Design: An Overview; Current challenges in Organizational Design, Perspectives on Organizations: Organizations as Open Systems, Organizational Configuration, Dimensions of Organization Design; Different Images of Organization Session 3 Structural Dimensions of Organization Structure – (i) Complexity – Horizontal, vertical and spatial complexity, (ii) Formalization – Why Formalization and formalization techniques, (iii) Centralization – Centralization and Decentralization

Module 2: Open System Design Elements Session 4 & 5 The External Environmental, Environmental Uncertainty, Adapting to Environmental Uncertainty -2

Module 3: Organizational Perspectives & Purpose Session 7 & 8 Organizational Purpose, Strategy & Design, Other Factors Assessing Organizational Effectiveness - Goal approach, Resource Based approach, Internal process approach, Integrated model

Module 4: Organizational Structure Session 9 Basic Challenges of Organizational Design Types of Structure; Information Processing Perspective; Functional, Divisional, Matrix, Horizontal, Modular & Hybrid Structures

Module 5: Managing Dynamic Processes Session 11 Organizational Culture Session 12 & 13 Power, Politics and Conflict Session 14 & 15 Innovation and change

Module 6: Internal Design Elements Session 18 Organizational size, life cycle, and Decline

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Project Presentations

19 & 20

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