LRM (813): Organizational Behaviour and Leadership     3 UNITS

Course Purpose

The purpose of LRM 813: Organizational Behaviour and Leadership is to explore the interplay between leadership and organizational behaviour, allowing students to understand how effective leadership can shape organizational culture and influence employee behavior and performance. The students will examine the interaction between leadership and organizational behaviour.

Course Expected Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, the students are expected to:

• Evaluate how leadership influences organizational culture.
• Understand and critique behaviour within organizations at individual, group, and structural levels.
• Apply leadership skills to influence organizational behaviour.
  Assess the impact of leadership on organizational culture.

Course Content

§  This course includes:

1. Introduction to Organizational Behaviour

2. Motivation, Communication, and Leadership

1. Theories of Motivation & Motivational Strategies.
2. Communication Process, Barriers to Effective Communication and Communication Channels
3. Leadership Theories, Leadership Styles and Developing Leadership Skills

3. Organizational Culture and Change

1. Organizational Culture, Types of Organizational Culture and Developing and Sustaining Culture.
2. Organizational Change, Types of Change, Change Models and Managing Change.

Reading Materials

1. Motivation in the Workplace: Inspiring Your Employees by John P. Hamilton
2. Effective Communication Skills: The Foundations for a Successful Career by John Nielsen
3. Leadership: Theory and Practice by Peter G. Northouse
4. Organizational Culture and Leadership by Edgar H. Schein
5. Leading Change by John P. Kotter
6. The Corporate Culture Survival Guide by Edgar H. Schein