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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
Course Name (English) ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND LEADERSHIP
Course Code MGT544
MQF Credit 3
Course Description This course is design to expose several important fundamentals and theories to understand the practices of organization behavior in workplace. It is significant to deal with work environment in three levels of individual, team and organization including motivation, rewarding behavior, stress, conflict, power, leadership, organizational structure, decision-making, communication and organizational change and development.
Transferable Skills Leadership
Communication
Work in Team
Self Learning
Teaching Methodologies Lectures, Case Study, Presentation, Journal/Article Critique
CLO
CLO1 Apply the theories and concepts in organization behavior.
CLO2 Demonstrate managerial skills to appreciate theories and concept of organization behavior
CLO3 Analyze the theories and concepts in organization behavior
Pre-Requisite Courses No course recommendations
Topics
1. TOPIC 1Introduction of Organizational Behavior
1.1) 1.1 : Fundamental of Organizational Behavior
1.2) 1.2 : Management and Organizational Behavior
1.3) 1.3 : Discipline of the OB field
1.4) 1.4 : Challenges and Opportunity
2. TOPIC 2: Attitude, Behavior, Personality and Values
2.1) 2.1 : Attitude, Behavior, and Personality
2.2) 2.2 : Behavior
2.3) 2.3 : Personality
2.4) 2.4 : Values
3. TOPIC 3:Perception and Individual Decision Making
3.1) 3.1 : Fundamental of Perception
3.2) 3.2 : Person Perception: Making Judgment about Others
3.3) 3.3 : Perceptual Error and Strategy Minimizing Perceptual Error
3.4) 3.4 : Decision Making in Organization
3.5) 3.5 : Perception and Individual Decision Making
4. TOPIC 4: Motivation: From Concept to Application
4.1) 4.1 : Early Theories of Motivation
4.2) 4.2 : Contemporary Theories of Motivation
4.3) 4.3 : From Concept to Application
5. TOPIC 5: Understanding Work in Team
5.1) 5.1 : Types of team
5.2) 5.2 : Model of Team Effectiveness
5.3) 5.3 : Social Identity
5.4) 5.4 : Creating Team Players
6. TOPIC 6: Communication in Organization
6.1) 6.1 : Fundamental of Communication
6.2) 6.2 : Modes of Communication
6.3) 6.3 : Choice of Communication Channels
6.4) 6.4 : Barriers to Effective Communication
6.5) 6.5 : Overcoming Problems of Cross-Cultural Communication
7. TOPIC 7: Leadership in Organizational Settings
7.1) 7.1 : Trait and Behavior Theories
7.2) 7.2 : Contingencies Theory
7.3) 7.3 : Contemporary Theories of Leadership
7.4) 7.4 : Challenges of Leadership
8. TOPIC 8: Power and Leadership
8.1) 8.1 : Power and Leadership
8.2) 8.2 : Formal and Personal Power
8.3) 8.3 : Dependence in Power
8.4) 8.4 : Influences Tactics
8.5) 8.5 : Implication of Power in Organization
9. TOPIC 9: Conflict and Stress Management
9.1) 9.1 : Definitions of Conflicts and Stress
9.2) 9.2 : Conflict Process
9.3) 9.3 : Managing Conflicts
9.4) 9.4 : Stress at work
10. TOPIC 10: Organizational Culture and Values
10.1) 10.1 : Meaning and Nature of Organization Culture
10.2) 10.2 : Characteristic of Organizational Culture
10.3) 10.3 : Functions of Organization Culture
10.4) 10.4 : Creating and Maintaining Organizational Culture
10.5) 10.5 : Managing Cultural Diversity
11. TOPIC 11: Organizational Change
11.1) 11.1 : Fundamental of Change
11.2) 11.2 : Resistance to Change
11.3) 11.3 : Managing Organizational Change
11.4) 11.4 : Creating Culture for Change
 
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment100.00%
Details of Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Assessment Description % of Total Mark CLO
Final Test Final Test 30% CLO3
Group Project Group Assignment 30% CLO3
Presentation Presentation 20% CLO2
Problem Based Learning Chapter review 20% CLO1
Reading List
Recommended Text
  • Robbins S.P and Judge, T.A 2019, Organizational Behaviour, Global Edition, 18th Edition Ed., Pearson Education Limited Harlow, United Kingdom [ISBN: 9781292259239]
Reference Book Resources
  • Sarah Sabir Ahmad, Rosliza Mohd Zani, Azfahanee Zakaria, Norlida Kamaluddin & Rohaya Mohd Hussein 2017, Organizational Behaviour, New Edition Ed., Oxford Fajar Selangor Malaysia
Article/Paper ListThis Course does not have any article/paper resources
Other References
  • n/a McShane, Olekalns, Travaglione 2013, Organizational Behaviour, Emerging Knowledge and Global Insights , McGraw Hill, Asia Pacific Edition, 4th ed.
  • n/a Robbins and Judge 2015, Essential of Organizational Behaviour, Pearson Education Limited, Edinburgh Gate, England
  • n/a Child, John 2015, Organization: Contemporary Principles and Practice
  • n/a Senior, B., and Swailes, S., 2016, Organizational Change, Pearson Education Limited, Edinburgh Gate, England Warren
  • n/a Warren, R 2017, Warren, R., (2017), Personality at Work: The Drivers and Derailers of Leadership , Mc Graw Hill Education