West Valley College

West Valley College, Business Division

Business 68 – 3 units
Organizational Behavior - Online

Instructor:	Heidi Diamond
Office:	“G” in the Business Division
Phone number:	741-2426
E-mail:	heidi_diamond@wvm.edu
Webpage:	http://instruct.westvalley.edu/diamond
Course:	wvmccd.angellearning.com
Dept. Website:	http://westvalley.edu/business/bus_admin_re/

Materials Required:

Text: Organizational Behavior, Stephen P. Robbins and Timothy A. Judge, Prentice Hall Inc., 13th ed.

Course Description:

Organizational Behavior is a comprehensive, reality-based course that investigates and illustrates behavioral patterns in organizations. Emphasis is on globalization, diversity and ethics using current, real-world examples. It includes three levels of analysis: the individual, the group, and the organization system. Organizational Behavior provides skill building opportunities that demonstrate the linkage between organizational behavior concepts and skill applications.

Course Outcomes/Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

Assess interpersonal skills.
Identify biographical characteristics, learning and personality traits, emotions, and diversity issues that influence behavior and job performance.
Analyze how organizational structures and cultures, team dynamics, and workflow and workspace designs affect personalities and productivity.
Describe values, perceptions, decision making methods, and human resource policies that predict and influence human behavior.
Demonstrate how communication and job performance affect job satisfaction.
Explain why leadership affects group behavior.
Determine how to maximize power to get things done.
Define constructive and destructive conflict.
Evaluate why the need for change influences all organizational behaviors.

Course Outline:

Week:	Chapters:	Topics:
1	1-2	What is Org. Behavior? Individual Behavior
2	3	Attitudes, Job Satisfaction
3	4	Personality and Values
4	5	Perception, Individual Decision Making
5	6-7	Motivation: Concepts and Applications
6	8	Emotions and Moods
7	9	Group Behavior
8	10	Work Teams
9	11-12	Communication Leadership
10	13	Contemporary Leadership Issues
11	14	Power and Politics
12	15	Conflict and Negotiation
13	16	Organization Structure
14	17	Organizational Culture
15	18	Human Resources
16	19	Organizational Change

Class Requirements:

Students must complete all readings, reports and assignments.
Students will need to keep in touch with the Instructor and other students via e-mail and online discussion groups. (There will be on-going Organizational Behavior discussions and chat room meetings throughout the course.)
There will be five tests.
Please see Course Schedule of Assignments for specific weekly assignments.
There will be one research paper (3-5 pages in length) about an Organizational Behavior topic. The paper should include at least three online sources.

Policy Statements:

West Valley College makes reasonable accommodations for persons with Educational disabilities. Students should notify the Disability and Educational Support Program (DESP) at 741-2010 regarding special needs.
If you have a complaint, or someone has shared information with you as a student that is unlawful discrimination or sexual harassment, contact the Associate Chancellor of Human Resources at the West Valley College District Office at 741-2060.
The College’s policy on academic dishonesty covers in-class cheating, out-of-class cheating, plagiarism, and furnishing false information. Plagiarism is the unauthorized use of ideas from published or unpublished works as a students own work for a grade in a class. (WVC catalog)

Office Hours:

Office hours are offered so that you may have additional time to meet with your Instructor to discuss class projects, papers and Internet assignments.
My office hours and hours by arrangement are posted on my office door “G”.
To schedule an appointment at a time other than those listed, please contact me at 741-2426 or heidi_diamond@wvm.edu.

Grading	Letter Grade or Credit/No Credit Option
5 tests	60 percent
1 paper	30 percent
Discussion Forums	10 percent

Updated: May 26, 2008