LP: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR _Introduction

Week Topic Date

1 What is Organizational Behavior? March 14, 2011
3 class periods

Content Objectives: SWBAT Language Objectives: SWBAT

Define OB Extract main and supporting ideas

Describe what managers do Define concepts
Explain the systematic study of OB Construct a model representing a real-world
List the major challenges and phenomenon
opportunities for managers to use OB
concepts
The importance of interpersonal skills
Developing an OB model
Global implications

Key Vocabulary Materials

People’s skills Robbins, Ch 1, pp 3-42
Contingency variables Ppt presentation
Workforce Questionnaire: assessing your own behavioral
Diversity skills
productivity Case study: the Transferred Sales
labor shortage Representative
empowering
temporariness
ethical dilemmas
absenteeism
turnover
job satisfaction
Hook

“Successful organizations put people first”.

“Employees are not as motivated at work today as they were 30 years

ago”.
 Time Activities
First
period Warm up: discuss HOOK/ whole class participation
10’ Agree or disagree with the statements. Why? Support with examples.

Brainstorm on the concept of Organizational Behavior (OB)

20’ Define the concept
What is it?
What does it study?
What are the components or topics that constitute the subject area of OB?

Place students in groups of three-to-five. Have them brainstorm a list.

1. Go round-robin; take one idea at time from each group in turn until groups contribute
all their ideas.
2. Record ideas on the board

Novel ideas only: Groups of 3 members: Recall information Ss have. Complete

the sentence. A offers an idea / B seconds it and gives an example.
“We think a manager’s functions / roles / skills may be …….”
20’ 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Organize the ideas and report to class by turns. Write responses on the board.
Elaborate framework.

FUNCTIONS ROLES SKILLS

10’

Reading “Challenges and Opportunities for OB”

Pp 9-13
Round-robin activity
Secon Base group A,B,C,D
d Discuss ideas related to topics and find examples.
period Group A: Responding to Globalization/Managing workforce diversity
20’ Group B: Improving quality and productivity/Responding to labor shortage
Group C: Improving people’s skills/Empowering people
 Group D: Coping with temporariness/ stimulating innovation and change
Report to Base Group/ summarize main ideas in chart.

30’

QUESTIONNAIRE_ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR DOC. 1

Third
period
50’ Assess Your Own Skills: Read the statements and circle the appropriate answer.

Now identify your three lowest scores, and write the question numbers here:
Write a brief paragraph, detailing to yourself an action plan for how you might sharpen each of these skills.
Turn in class work

Homework
Answer the following questions from Chapter 1 (5 out of 6)

1. Define organizational behavior in your own words. Ask a friend outside of class or work associate to do the same.
Identify and explore the nature of any differences between the two definitions.

2. Using the functional approach, what do managers do?

3. Assume that a friend states, “Organizational behavior is selfish and manipulative, because it serves only the interests of
management.” How would you respond?

4. As you begin to understand organizational behavior, why do you think it has become a popular field of interest?

5. Consider the statement “Organizations need people, and people need organizations.” Is this assertion true for all types of
organizations? Define an organization. Give examples of where it is and where it probably isn’t true.

6. Identify the fundamental concepts that form the basis of organizational behavior. Which concepts do you think are more
important than the others? Explain.

Notes

Lesson Plan
Week Topic Date

Content Objectives Language Objectives

Key Vocabulary Materials

Hook
Time Activities

Homework

Notes