Organizational Behaviour – Overview

This module on Organizational Behaviour (OB) Training is part of the GroomTalent.com curriculum of critical training courses for developing leadership competencies and management talent.

Organizational Behaviour Competencies- the ability to:

  • understand and apply the  knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations using a system approach
  • interpret people-organization relationships in terms of the whole person, whole group, whole organization, and whole social system
  • develop organizations using elements, models, social systems, OD, work life, action learning and change management
  • build better relationships by achieving human objectives, organizational objectives, and social objectives

Recommended materials

  • Organizational Behavior (13th Edition) by Stephen P. Robbins and Timothy A. Judge (Mar 2008)
  • Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices by Angelo Kinicki and Robert Kreitner (Sep 2008)
  • The Ropes to Skip and the Ropes to Know: Studies in Organizational Behavior by R. Richard Ritti and Steven Levyz (April 2006)
  • Experiences in Management and Organizational Behavior by Donald D. Bowen, Roy J. Lewicki, Francine S. Hall, and Douglas T. Hall (Nov 1996)
  • Supervisor and Subordinate Guanxi: A Grounded Investigation in the People’s Republic of China. By: Han, Yong; Altman, Yochanan. Journal of Business Ethics, Aug2009 Supplement 1, Vol. 88
  • Adding Merit to Pay for Performance. By: Risher, Howard. Compensation & Benefits Review, Nov/Dec2008, Vol. 40 Issue 6

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