Business Psychology - II

Paper Code: 
PSY 413
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 

Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

 

  1. This course, designed for the students of human behaviour, aims at understanding the behaviour of individuals along with organizational assets.
  2. Students are expected to learn not only the theoretical aspects of the course but also to familiarize themselves with the skills, techniques and their implications.
  3. The course would create an enabling experience in the students to understand the organizational processes and its linkages with the societal contexts.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSY 413

 

 

 

 

 

Business Psychology - II

The students will be able to –

CO68: Understand and apply the primary outcomes of organizational behaviour necessary for organizational effectiveness.

CO69: Understand and apply concepts relating to job satisfaction, stress, motivation, ethics and decision making.

CO70: Analyse and compare different models used to explain individual behaviour related to motivation and rewards

CO71: Identify the various leadership styles and the role of leaders in a decision-making process.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Motivation:
  • Concept of Incentives and Rewards
  • Theories of Work Motivation
  • Context, Processes and Contemporary

 

9.00
Unit II: 
Leadership:
  • Concept
  • Traditional and Modern Theories
  • Functions
  • Leadership Traits
  • Types of Leadership
  • Leader Effectiveness

 

9.00
Unit III: 
Stress:
  • Causes
  • Effects and Coping Strategies
  • Organizational Role Stress

 

9.00
Unit IV: 
Organizational Change And Development:
  • Approaches to Organizational Change
  • Resistance to Change
  • Managing Change
  • Approaches and Techniques of Organizational Development

 

 

9.00
Unit V: 
Human Resource Development:
  • Introduction
  • Historical Development Concept
  • Characteristics and Objectives
  • HRD as a Total System

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Schultz D.P. and Schultz, S.E. (1998). Psychology and Industry Today: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology (6th Edition). New York: Mac Millen.
  • Luthans, F. (1998). Organizational Behavior (8th Edition). Irwin: McGraw Hill.

 

References: 
  • Robbins, S. P. (1980). Organizational Behavior: Concepts, Controversies and applications. New Delhi: Prentice Hall.
  • Khandwalla, P. N. (1994). Designing Organizational Effectiveness. Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Hollway, W. (1991). Work Psychology and Organizational Behavior: Managing the Individual at work. New Delhi: Sage.
  • Muchinksy, P. M. 1997). Psychology Applied to Work: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology. California:  Brooks & Cole.
  • Rao, T.V. (1990). Human Resource Development. New Delhi: U.B.S.

 

Academic Year: 
2020-21
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