Department of Business Administration

Organizational Behavior

Department of Business Administration

Course outline

(1)    General Information:

School

Economics & Social Sciences

Department

Business Administration

Level of Studies

Undergraduate

Course code

402

Semester

3ο

Course title

Organizational Behavior

INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Weekly teaching hours
-

ECTS

 

4

5

 

  

 

  

Type of course

general background, special background, general knowledge specialization, skills development

Prerequisite course

ΝΟ

Language of instruction and exams

Greek

The course is offered to Erasmus students

ΝΟ

Course URL

 

(2)    Learning outcomes:

Learning outcomes

 

Upon the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

 

Understand the importance of organizational behaviour

Understand the diversity in various organisations

Understand the meaning of attitudes and behaviour

Describe the theories of motivation

Understand the role of teams in organization effectiveness

Describe the theories of leadership

 

 

General Skills

 

Moreover, the course aims to develop the following general skills:

 

  • Critical thinking
  • Decision making
  • Cooperation skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Communication skills

(3)    COURSE CONTENT

 

  •              Introduction to organizational behaviour
  • Diversity, personalityand values
  • Feelings and attitudes
  • Job satisfaction
  • Motivation and performance
  • Building teams
  • Communication
  • Conflict and negotiation
  • Decision making
  • Leadership
  • Leader characteristics and behavioral styles

 

 

(4)    TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION

TEACHING METHOD

Face to face

 

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Use of information and communication technologies in teaching, laboratory education, communication with students. Electronic communication with students, learning-process support through the “e-class” online platform.

TEACHING ORGANIZATION

Activity

Semester Workload

Lectures

39

Practical Exercise

 

Publications study

40

Assignments

30

Exams’ Preparation

40

Final Examination

2

  

Course Total Effort

151

STUDENT EVALUATION

Written exams (100%)

Multiple choice test

Short answer questions

(5)    BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Uhl-Bien, M., Schermerhorn, R.J., Osborne, R. (2016). Οργανωσιακή Συμπεριφορά.

Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Πασχαλίδης.

  • ArnoldJ. & Randall, R. (2020). Ψυχολογία της Εργασίας και Οργανωσιακή Συμπεριφορά.

Nicosia:BROKEN HILL PUBLISHERS LTD

  • Mullins, L. & Gill, C. (2015). Μάνατζμεντ και οργανωσιακή συμπεριφορά. Αθήνα: Utopia.
  • Χυτήρης, Λ. (2012). Οργανωσιακή Συμπεριφορά: Η Ανθρώπινη Συμπεριφορά σε

Οργανισμούς & Επιχειρήσεις. Αθήνα: Interbooks.

  • Robbins, S.P., andJudge, T.A. (2011). Οργανωσιακή Συμπεριφορά: Βασικές έννοιες

και σύγχρονες προσεγγίσεις. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Κριτική.

  • Griffin, R.W. andMoorhead, G. (2011). Organizational Behavior. Cengage Learning.
  • Hitt, M.A., Colella, A., and Miller, C.C. (2010). Organizational Behavior. Wiley
  • Phillips, J.M. and Gully, S.M. (2013) Organizational behavior: Tools for success (2nd

Edition). Mason, OH: South‐Western College Pub.

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