Organizational behaviour and leadership

Course Objectives

Understand how organizations work and why people behave as they do in work settings.

Better understand your own OB.

Improve your ability to analyze and understand organizational situations in terms of OB theories and concepts.

Improve your skills in reacting appropriately to organizational situations using OB concepts.

Improve your ability to create and maintain healthy and productive work environments.

This course involves a mix of theoretical lectures and seminars (group work). The primary teaching method in this course is active learning. The theoretical lectures will be more standard ones, but some time will be devoted to exercises, debates and video illustrations. Instead, the seminars involve group exercises, debates and simulations that draw on your current experiences and the assigned readings.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

• Luthans, F., et al. (2015). Organizational Behavior (13th ed.). McGraw Hill. (12th edition is also ok)• Sinek, Simon (2014). Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t. Penguin Group. • Northouse, P. (2009). Leadership. Theory and Practice (5th ed.) Thousand Oaks: Sage.• Goffee, R. and Jones, G. (2006). Why Should Anyone Be Led By You? Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.• Kinley, N. & Shlomo. B.H. (2015). Changing employee behavior: A practical guide for managers. Palgrave Macmillan.

Contacts

Prof. Claudia Toma

email: claudia.toma@ulb.ac.be

Assistant Youri Mora

email: youri.mora@ulb.ac.be

Method(s) of evaluation

• Other

Other

Your grade will be determined using the following components:1. Group project 50%2. Feedback on another’s group project mandatory 3. Final individual exam 50%

Language(s) of evaluation

• english