1 1.- ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Basic Data Professors

SYLLABUS
Business
Administration
(E2 bilingual)
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS
ECONÓMICAS Y EMPRESARIALES
1.- ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Basic Data
Name
Organizational Behaviour
Business Administration
Degree
Course
E2 bilingual
ECTS (credits) 3,5 h
Hours/week
Compulsory. Basic training
Type
Departament
Gestión Empresarial - Business Administration
Area
Human Resources
Coordinator
Dr. Antonio Núñez
Professors
Coordinator: Antonio Núñez
Office
e-mail
Phone
Tutorships
OD-417
anup@cee.upcomillas.es
91.542.28.00, Extensión: 22.55
Mornings (4h/week): appointment by email
Professor: Oscar Pérez Zapata
Office
e-mail
Phone
Tutorships
opzapata@cee.upcomillas.es (will be active around January 21)
operez.zapata@hotmail.com
91.542.28.00, Extensión:
2h/per week: before/after class appointment by email
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2.- ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR (OB)
Course context
Contribution to Business Administration degree
Our topic focuses on people management within organizations. We aim to better
understand human behaviour inside organizations: what happens there and why?. We
concentrate on interpersonal/intrapersonal psychosocial processes; explore tools to
improve self-knowledge and general knowledge about what drives people at organizations.
This increased knowledge is a core asset in the process to become better professionals.
The Organizational Behaviour course establishes the basic framework to more specific
topics linked to Human Resources, Leadership or Negotiation in following years.
Requirements
None. It is always helpful to have done Psicología del itinerario CC Sociales before
entering University. Also relevant is the first year course "Fundamentos de ADE o
Gestión Empresarial".
3.- COURSE CONTENT
Program
I.- INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Chapter 1: What is OB?: Evidence-based people management
II.- INDIVIDUAL LEVEL DETERMINANTS
Chapter 2: Managing diversity: Professional skills
Chapter 3: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
Chapter 4: Emotions, moods and performance: Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 5: Personality and values in people management
Chapter 6: Perception and Decision making
Chapter 7: Basics of Motivation: Extrinsic and Intrinsic
Chapter 8: Motivation at work: Job enrichment
III.- GROUP AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS
Chapter 9: Individual and groups
Chapter 10: Efficient Teams
Chapter 11: Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 12: Leadership
Chapter 13: Power, Politics and Ethics
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4.- GRADING
Grading activities
FINAL EXAM:
A pass grade is a requirement for the course
 Multiple-choice/short questions 60%
 Case studies 40%
 Content: everything we discuss in class
Final project (real organization)
Individual and group activities/participation
Key criteria
Weight
Comprehensive understanding
Reasoning and presenting
Synthesis
Concept application
60%
Three milestones:
1. Short video
2. Written report
3. Final presentation
Initiative, innovation and quality
20%
1.
2.
3.
4.
20%
5.- SCHEDULE
Class content
Reading
Materials*
Date
13-ene
16-ene
20-ene
23-ene
27-ene
30-ene
03-feb
Session
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
OB Introduction
OB Introduction
Practice
Diversity
Practice
Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
06-feb
10-feb
13-feb
17-feb
20-feb
24-feb
8
9
10
11
12
13
Practice
Emotions and moods
Practice
Personality and values
Practice
Perception and Decision Making
Robbins CH6
03-mar
06-mar
14
15
PROGRESS FINAL PROJECT
Motivation
Robbins CH7
10-mar
13-mar
17-mar
16
17
18
Motivation
Practice
Groups/Teams
20-mar
24-mar
27-mar
07-abr
10-abr
14-abr
17-abr
21/04/2015
DOUBLE
SESSION
TO BE
CONFIRMED
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Practice
Communication
Practice
Leadership
Practice
Power/Politics
Practice
26-27
Final Project Presentations
Comment
Robbins CH1
College Stress
Robbins CH2
Groups
presentations
Group 1
Group 2/Group 3
Group 4
Robbins CH3
Due Date NAME
ORGANIZATION
Group 5 /Group6
Robbins CH4
Group 7 /Group 8
Robbins CH5
Group 9 /Group10
SHORT VIDEOS
ALL GROUPS
Robbins CH8
Group 1 /Group 2
Robbins CH9/10
Group 3 /Group4
Robbins CH11
Group 5/Group 6
Robbins CH12
Group 7 /Group 8
Robbins CH13
Group 9 /Group10
FINAL EXAM
KEY DATES
*Plus additional materials proposed by the professor
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6.- DEDICATION
Summary
Class dedication = 51h
Lectures
Seminars
24 hours
24 hours
Final Exam
2 hours
Exam revision 1 hour
3 horas
Out-of-class dedication = 74h
Working on
theoretical content
Working on
practical content
Final project
Self-study
17 hours
17 hours
20 hours
20 hours
5 ECTS CREDITS: 5*25 hours = 125 h TOTAL DEDICATION
7.- GRADING ("Convocatoria Extraordinaria")
To be discussed with the professor
8.- REFERENCES AND MATERIALS
Basic References
Textbook
ROBBINS S.P., (2013): Organizational Behavior (Global Edition). Pearson Education
Detailed content
See schedule above
Articles
To be delivered
Web page
Moodle
Additional materials
To be delivered
Additional References
Textbook
GIBSON, IVANCEVICH, DONNELLY & KONOPASKE (2011): Organizations: Behavior, Structure,
Processes McGraw-Hill/Irwin (14 ed.)
LUTHANS (2011): Comportamiento organizacional. McGraw-Hill/Irwin (12 ed.)
Organizational Behavior: Human Behavior at Work. McGraw-Hill/Irwin (14 ed.)
Additional books
To be discussed with the professor
Articles
See references at the end of each chapter (main textbook)
Web page and additional materials
Moodle
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