2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Dec 26, 2024  
2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog

MGT 140 - Organizational Behavior


Description: Study of basic business behavior patterns. Human aspects of business, as distinguished from economic and technical aspects, and how they influence efficiency, morale, and management practice.

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0

Course Content:
  1. The nature of organizational behavior
  2. The challenges of organizational behavior
  3. Foundations of individual & group behavior
  4. Motivation
  5. Leadership models
  6. The organization structure
  7. Change management and conflict resolution

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Define organizational behavior and relate it to management. (1)
  2. Identify the challenges and opportunities of managing a diverse workforce. (2)
  3. Define how individual and group human behavioral theories and concepts are applied in the workplace. (3)
  4. Apply different motivational theories, reward strategies, and life-work balance considerations to maximize individual and group performance. (4)
  5. Select different leadership styles and management models in order to respond to a variety of situations, including teams. (5)
  6. Assess the impact that a company's structure and design can have on its organizational behavior. (6)
  7. Select optimal methodologies to deal with change management and conflict resolution in the workplace. (7)
  8. Identify strategies that address the challenges of interfacing technology and employees. (2)