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About BMGT 327 Organizational Theory and Behavior This course provides principles, applications, and tools basic to effective management of organizational behavior today. The areas it covers, and skills it builds, are consistently cited as central to contemporary workplace success and satisfaction. Topics include change, coaching, communication, conflict, decision- making, diversity, delegation/empowerment, feedback, globalization, goal setting, interviewing, leadership, motivation, organizational culture, perception, performance assessment, office politics, stress, and teamwork. Contemporary organizational behavior seeks to achieve the ultimate goal of sustained high performance for organizations and their employees. The course presents current strategies and techniques organizations use to meet the challenges and opportunities that goal presents. Organizations seek to maximize performance in an ever-evolving, multicultural, competitive, transparent, and international environment. Workers are increasingly educated and expectant, and external stakeholders are increasing alert. Individual, group, and organizational dynamics and processes are addressed through active learning. Essential interpersonal skills are inventoried and developed. Real world scenarios are simulated. Cases are analyzed. Your syllabus and Study Guide are designed as resources to support your progress throughout, and at work. COURSE OBJECTIVES The successful student will master core course concepts: the abilities, interactions, drives, responsibilities, and consequences that influence individual, group, and systemic behavior. In doing so, the student will: · Learn about the real world in which organizations and their employees operate, and grasp its foundation. · Understand the diverse frames of reference of various stakeholders, and benefits of finding common ground. · Develop a conceptual framework for analyzing organizational developments, preventing dysfunction, minimizing behavioral problems, and achieving high performance. · Build practical skills essential to workplace success, and solid ground for future courses. Links to Ramapo Web sites Academic Calendar Center for Academic Success Library School of Administration and Business |
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