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Organizational Behavior


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Free

Enrollment in this course is by invitation only

Overview

You have spent most of your life in organizations (from schools, to sports and/or community activities). Your work life will involve working with, in, or for organizations, and, very likely at some point, creating your own business enterprise and/or a service organization to help your community. The purpose of this course is to help you understand how people and organizations function, based on the latest behavioral science research on work, workers, and organizations.

About this course

The course is designed to be a challenging and practical academic experience. The Aim of this course is to provide you with an understanding of the behavior of people (including your own!) in relation to their work and organizations.  Various theoretical perspectives are covered to give you different frameworks from which to consider the management role in organizations.  Both classic research and the most recent findings are discussed.  Emphasis is given to the management function because of the importance that management and leadership plays in every organization.

Objectives

On completion of this course students should have acquired:

•    an understanding of theory and research related to current issues and future trends in organizational Behavior;

•    an understanding of the links between behavior and its social and organizational context;

•    the ability to apply major OB concepts, models and theories to enhance organizational effectiveness through insightful analysis and discussion of case studies, scenarios and examples used throughout the course.  

Reference Materials

Robins SP, Judge TA. Organizational Behavior (Eng. 17e), China Renmin University Press, 2019. (斯蒂芬·罗宾斯,蒂莫西·贾奇. 组织行为学(英文版·第17版). 人大出版社, 2019.)

Sun Jianmin, Zhang de, Organizational Behavior, Higher Education Press, 2019. (孙健敏, 张德. 组织行为学. 高等教育出版社, 2019.)

 

Syllabus

  • Chapter 1 Introduction to OB
  • Chapter 2 Diversity in organizations
  • Chapter 3 Attitudes
  • Chapter 4 Emotions and Mood
  • Chapter 5 Perception and Individual Decision Making
  • Chapter 6 Motivation Concepts
  • Chapter 7 Motivation: From connects to applications
  • Chapter 8 Understanding Group Behavior
  • Chapter 9 Making a high-performance group
  • Chapter 10 Leadership: Born or Made?
  • Chapter 11 Organizational structure
  • Chapter 12 Organizational culture

Lecturer

Ning Nan
Ning Nan

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Associate Professor

Associate Professor & Head of International Business Department, School of International Business, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Xiang Shuting
Xiang Shuting

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Associate Professor

Associate Professor, School of International Business, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Liu Yuanyuan
Liu Yuanyuan

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Associate Professor

Associate Professor, School of International Business, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Xiao Mengtian
Xiao Mengtian

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Lecturer

Lecturer, School of International Business, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

  1. Course Number

    SUFE-OB
  2. Enrollment Start

  3. Enrollment End

    Dec 30, 2026
  4. Class Start

  5. Class End

    Dec 30, 2026
  6. Estimated Effort

    36 hour for 12 weeks
  7. Language

    English
  8. Course Type

    Self Paced
  9. Quota

    None
  10. Price

    Free
  11. Level

    Beginner
  12. Business and Management
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