Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management

Course Title: Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management

Course No: MGT 241

Nature of the Course: THEORY

Semester: 2

Full Marks: 60 + 40

Pass Marks: 30 + 20

Credit Hours: 3

Course Description

This course contains introduction to OB, perception and learning, personality, job satisfaction, organizational conflict and stress, organizational change and development. It also covers introduction to HRM, job design and analysis, talent management, performance management, reward, motivation and employee maintenance and emerging issues in HRM.

Course Objectives

The objectives of this course are to introduce the basic concepts of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. It also aims to enhance the knowledge and approaches of Human Resource Management and develop students' skills to handle tactfully emerging human resources challenges and issues and to provide students with an in-depth understanding of fundamental concept and understanding of organizational behavior.

Course Contents

1. Introduction

6 hrs

1.1. Concept of organizational behavior

1.2. Levels of OB analysis

1.3. Organizational behavior system

1.4. Basic assumptions of organizational behavior

1.5. Contributing disciplines to the field of organizational behavior

1.6. Individual behavior as an input-output system

1.7. Mental process: beliefs, attitudes, values, needs, motives and behavior

1.8. Emotions and Cognitive dissonance

1.9. New challenges for manager in OB

2. Perception and Learning

4 hrs

2.1. Concept of perception

2.2. Perceptual process

2.3. Factors affecting perception

2.4. Attribution theory

2.5. Attribution errors

2.6. Perception and individual decision making

2.7. Concept and principles of learning

2.8. Learning theories: cognitive learning and social learning

2.9. Behavior modification

3. Personality

4 hrs

3.1. Concept and types of personality

3.2. Personality traits and characteristics

3.3. Determinants of personality

3.4. Emotions and personality

3.5. Major personality attributes influencing organizational behavior

4. Job Satisfaction

2 hrs

4.1. Concept and importance of job satisfaction

4.2. Measuring job satisfaction

4.3. Effects of job satisfaction on employees' performance

5. Organizational Conflict and Stress

4 hrs

5.1. Conflict: concept, nature, and types

5.2. Sources of conflict

5.3. Approaches to conflict management

5.4. Resolving conflict through negotiation

5.5. Functional and dysfunctional conflicts

5.6. Organizational stress: concept, causes and managing stress

6. Organizational Change and Development

4 hrs

6.1. Concept and forces of change

6.2. Resistance to change

6.3. Approaches to managing organizational change: Lewin's three steps model

6.4. Organizational development (OD): concept and features of OD

7. Introduction

6 hrs

7.1. Human Resource Management: concept, characteristics, objectives and functions

7.2. Human resource management system

7.3. Human resource outcomes: quality of work life, productivity and readiness to change

7.4. Challenges of human resource management

7.5. Human Resource Planning: concept, characteristics, process and importance

8. Job Design and Analysis

4 hrs

8.1. Meanings of job, task, position and occupation

8.2. Concept, benefits and methods of job design

8.3. Concept and purposes of job analysis

8.4. Sources of job analysis information

8.5. Job description, job specification and job evaluation: concept and contents

9. Talent Acquisition and Development

5 hrs

9.1. Talent, Talent management and Talent development: concept and importance

9.2. Meaning, sources and methods of recruitment

9.3. Concept of selection

9.4. Difference between selection and recruitment

9.5. Selection process, selection tests, interviews and their types

9.6. Concept and process of socialization

9.7. Human resource development: concept and importance

9.8. Concept, objectives and benefits of training

9.9. Determining training needs

9.10. Training methods: on - the - job and off - the – job training

9.11. Concept and techniques of management development

10. Performance Appraisal, Reward Management and Motivation

6 hrs

10.1. Concept and uses of performance appraisal

10.2. Methods of performance appraisal

graphic rating scale

alternative ranking

paired comparison

forced distribution

critical incident

essay and checklist methods

10.3. Concept of reward management

10.4. Types and qualities of effective rewards

10.5. Performance appraisal practices in Nepalese organizations

10.6. Motivation: Concept

10.7. Theories of motivation – Need Hierarchy and Motivation-Hygiene

10.8. Motivation through employee participation

quality of work life

self- managed teams

11. Employee Maintenance and Emerging Issues in HRM

3 hrs

11.1. Employee health and safety, employee welfare, social security

11.2. Grievance handling and redressal

11.3. General guidelines in administrating employee's discipline

11.4. Emerging issues and challenges of HRM

employee empowerment

downsizing

work- life balance

e-HRM

green-HRM

outsourcing HRM

ethics in HRM (surveillance vs. privacy)

11.5. HRM in Nepalese organization

Reference Books

1.Aswathappa K., Human Resource and Personnel Management: Text and Cases, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill.
2.Arnold, H.J. &Fieldman, D.C. Organizational Behavior. New York: McGraw Hill Book Company.
3.Decenzo, D.A. and Robbins, S.P., Human Resource Management, New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
4.Dessler, G., A Framework of Human Resource Management, New Delhi: Pearson Education.
5.Dwivedi, R.S., Human Relations and Organizational Behavior: A Global Perspective. New Delhi: Macmillan India Limited.
6.Newstorm, J.W., Organizational Behavior: Human Behavior at Work, New Delhi: Tata McGraw_Hill Publishing company.
7.Robbins, S.P., Organizational Behavior, New Delhi: Pearson.
8.Chalise, M &Gautam, P., Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, KEC Publication, Kathmandu, Nepal

Notes:

This syllabus follows the official BIM curriculum of Tribhuvan University. In case of any doubt or revision, the university’s published syllabus shall be considered authoritative.https://www.fomecd.edu.np/syllabuses

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