Organizational Behavior

Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of how individuals, groups, and structure affect human behavior in modern organizations. This course provides HPU graduate students with a broad survey of the field and an opportunity to examine current theoretical and practical understandings of OB resulting from contemporary research. A variety of topics are considered including concepts of motivation, individual and group decision-making, communication processes, leadership and power, conflict and negotiation, technology and work design, human resource policies, and others. One objective of the course is for students to be able to relate the course content to leadership and management in a dynamic global context.