Organizational Behaviour

General

Course Contents

  • Applying organizational behavior to organizations.
  • Diversity in organizations.
  • Attitudes and Job Satisfaction.
  • Emotions and moods.
  • Personality and values.
  • Perception and individual decision-making.
  • Urge.
  • Leadership.
  • Group Behavior.
  • Collaborative groups.
  • Intelligence, Personality, Emotional Intelligence.
  • Prejudices and Stereotypes.
  • Productive and counterproductive behavior in the workplace.
  • Forms of occupational stress, factors affecting it and ways to deal with it.

Educational Goals

The objectives of this lesson are:

  • To present and develop the basic concepts and principles of organizational behavior.
  • To demonstrate the opportunities and possibilities offered by the application of the principles of organizational behavior in businesses.
  • To develop the theoretical background regarding the study of the behavior of individuals and groups in the workplace.
  • To present the effects of human behavior within businesses.
  • To study behavior to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

  • Present the fields of application of organizational behavior.
  • Understand the concept of intelligence and its importance in the workplace.
  • Recognize personality models and theories and explain the factors that determine the formation of personality.
  • Understand why different people perceive the same stimulus differently, and explain how perception affects a person’s decision-making process.
  • Recognize positive and negative behaviors at work and understand their importance.
  • Know the effects of work stress, the factors that affect it and the ways to deal with it.
  • Understand the concept of learning and human resource development through effective training.
  • Describe how groups influence individual behavior and identify the main factors that influence the behavior of a group of people.
  • Understand the sources and causes of conflict, as well as recognize the appropriate way to resolve them.
  • To recognize the importance of communication within an organization, as well as to indicate ways to improve it.
  • Describe the skills that an effective leader should have.
  • Recognize the importance of trust between leadership and employees.
  • Know the importance of changes in organizations, as well as the ways to deal with resistance to them.

General Skills

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Teaching Methods

  • Face to face.

Use of ICT means

  • Online guidance.
  • Slides Projection in the classroom.
  • Use of E-mail and onlne communication systems.
  • Use of e-learning system (moodle).

Teaching Organization

ActivitySemester workload
Lectures26
Practice/Exercises13
Team Project25
Assignment(s)20
Personal Study41
Total125

Students Evaluation

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Recommended Bibliography

ΔΙΔΑΚΤΙΚΑ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ

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ΠΡΟΣΘΕΤΗ ΠΡΟΤΕΙΝΟΜΕΝΗ ΒΙΟΒΛΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ

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Related Research Journals

  1. Journal of Organizational Behavior, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  2. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, Taylor and Francis.
  3. Organizational Behavior and Human Development Processes, Elsevier.
  4. Journal of Organizational and Occupational Psychology, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  5. Research in Organizational Behavior, Elsevier.
  6. Journal of Business and Psychology, Springer.