General Information

• Name: Organizational Behavior and Interpersonal Behavior
• Discipline: Management (MGT)
• Units (Credits): 3
• Schedule History: See when this course was offered over the last three years.
• Transfer Information: Courses with numbers 300 to 499: This is an upper division course that is designed to apply toward a WNC bachelor's degree, depending on the degree chosen. It may also transfer to other colleges and universities. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
• Academic Division: Social Science, Education, Humanities & Public Service

Prerequisites and Recommended Courses

• Prerequisites: admission to the BTECH program or consent of advisor

Course Outline

I: Catalog Course Description

Examines behavioral influences which affect productivity, organizational effectiveness, and efficiency including: perception, motivation, decision making, communication, leadership, organizational design, group behavior and coping with stress.

II: Course Objectives

• Introduces the concepts of organizational behavior.
• Reviews individual behavior, personality and emotion, decision making and basic motivation concepts and applications.
• Studies importance of groups and teams within an organization.
• Discusses the role of power and politics within the organizational structure.
• Reviews the foundations of organizational structure.
• Addresses the organizational effect of culture, change, and development.
• Studies personal issues that can affect human relations within an organization
• Addresses recent organizational developments as related to human relations.

III: Course Linkage

Linkage of course to educational program mission and at least one educational program outcome.

This class meets a requirement of the BTech program.

MGT 323 (Organizational Behavior and Interpersonal Behavior) addresses Student Learning Outcomes:
1. know the subject matter appropriate to the emphasis of the degree.
2. have developed managerial and personal skills essential to the current business environment.