New Mexico Highlands University

Organizational Behavior


Syllabus MGMT 364 .pdf™

TITLE:Organizational Behavior
AUTHOR:Kinicki
EDITION:5th
PUBLISHER:McGraw-Hill
ISBN:9780078137204

EBM Article

Sorry all that class was canceled today 11/25/2014 due to rech issues: here is a good example of what we can do for our final presentation:
YouTube by Kenneth Nichols... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8xXKUtxQE8

Email all work attached in one email to: lortiz@nmhu.edu

NOTE: Assignments and Exams subject to your attendance, motivation and discussion in class!

Organizational Behavior Classics
Articles front page. pdf

Exams/Assignments - helpful hints - Speech/Teach/Technology Guidelines.pdf

Assignment 1- next one, one-half or two weeks (perpare/formulate it) - Presentation (.ppt, prezi, you tube, websites, etc..) for class... 5-9 slides 5 to 15 minutes... 1) about yourself; 2) about the author of the article; 3) about the article itself and 4) extra credit... link to to reality some solid takeaways (in business or life)... Rules are.. (your right) There are no rules... Be creative...

Final Executive Summary Paper and Presentation Assignment 2 (and final write up) - 1) a Presentation and 2) 3-5 page Org. Beh. paper

1) The presentation (.ppt, prezi, you tube, websites, etc..) for class... 5-9 slides 5 to 15 minutes... 1) something most unique about yourself; 2) about an Organiational Behavior Subject/Topic (see topics below); 3) about an article, author(s), quotes, stories, interview(s), etc... on that subject (check the books references in that chapter for leads) and 4) extra credit... link to to reality some solid takeaways or advice for your peers in business or life... Rules are.. (your right) There are no rules... Be creative...

2) The Executive Summary Paper may incluide but not limited to 1) the topic; 2) how you see the topic in reality and 3) your future use of the topic you discussed...

Topics may include but are not limited to: motivation, values, leadership styles, attitudes, teamwork, communication, organizational culture, job design, stress, power, politics, conflict, citizenship behavior OCB, fairness, job satisfaction and organizational structure. Organizational Citizenship Behavior Topic would be nice, or use any subject from the OB Chapters 1-16 below...

Final Presentation/Paper Guidelines (web video)...

Due date! Push yourself... The idea is that you will give yourself a deadline and finish the work on your terms. Owning your own behavior is better then having others tell you what to do!

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR:
Key Concepts, Skills, & Best Practices with Student CD and Management Skill Booster Card
 

Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices, 4th Edition
Angelo Kinicki, Arizona State University---Tempe
Robert Kreitner, ARIZONA STATE UNIV-TEMPE

Softcover, 512 pages
©2009, ISBN-13 9780073381411

To view Microsoft PowerPoint™ presentations, click on a chapter heading below.

Course Outline and PowerPoint Presentations

Table of Contents

Part One Managing People Within the External and Organizational Context

Chapter One
Needed: People-Centered Managers and Workplaces

Chapter Two
Organizational Culture, Socialization, and Mentoring

Chapter Three
Developing Global Managers

Part Two Managing Individual Level Factors

Chapter Four
Understanding Social Perception and Managing Diversity

Chapter Five
Appreciating Individual Differences: Intelligence, Ability, Personality, Core Self-Evaluations, Attitudes, and Emotions

Chapter Six
Motivation I: Needs, Job Design, and Satisfaction

Chapter Seven
Motivation II: Equity, Expectancy, and Goal Setting

Chapter Eight
Improving Performance with Feedback, Rewards, and Positive Reinforcement

Part Three Managing Group Level Factors and Social Processes

Chapter Nine
Effective Groups and Teams

Chapter Ten
Making Decisions

Chapter Eleven
Managing Conflict and Negotiating

Chapter Twelve
Communicating in the Digital Age

Chapter Thirteen
Influence, Power, and Politics: An Organizational Survival Kit

Part Four Managing for Organizational Effectiveness

Chapter Fourteen
Leadership

Chapter Fifteen
Designing Effective Organizations

Chapter Sixteen
Managing Change and Organizational Learning

Endnotes
Photo Credits
Glossary/Subject Index
Name and Company Index


Work for our Class

Research paper on any Organizational Topic - For example topic for your paper might be motivation, values, leadership styles, attitudes, teamwork, communication, organizational culture, job design, stress, power, politics, conflict, organizational citizenship behavior, fairness, job satisfaction and organizational structure

.pdf (portable doc format)

Please use APA style for your paper (click below to go to their website):
APA Style

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