Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study of human behavior within organizations. It looks into the many factors that have an impact on how people and groups act, think, feel and respond to work and organizations, and how organizations respond to their environments. The course focuses on the key concepts and theories from behavioral and social sciences that form the bases for understanding human interaction in the workplace. It covers a wide range of topics that include values, perception, personality, motivation, decision making, group processes, communication, leadership, and power and politics. After completing this course, students should be able to: understand the basic concepts and theories related to managers and employee behavior; apply the concepts and theories introduced to solve problems in an organizational context; and develop a better appreciation of their own values, ability and personality.

CILO-1: Explain what is an organization and its relationships with you as an individual or as a collective. CILO-2: Describe how organizations behave and react to change, why change efforts can fail, overcoming organizational resistance, and making  change possible. CILO-3: Identify and apply appropriate tools and techniques in developing organizational change programmes in appropriate contexts. CILO-4: Discuss the process of Change Management with particular attention to the logic behind the stages of the process. CILO-5: Analyze, and report on an organization that is currently managing a change process in the workplace. CILO-6: Evaluate critically organizational change programmes/processes.