MPV_ORCH Organisational Behaviour

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Růžena Lukášová, CSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Daria Kuchařová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Růžena Lukášová, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Jana Biskupová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Tue 11:05–12:45 P106
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MPV_ORCH/01: each even Tuesday 17:10–18:45 S313, D. Kuchařová, R. Lukášová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! PVOCH Organisational Behaviour
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 44 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/44, only registered: 0/44
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides the students with the understanding of the organizational behavior and the behavior of individuals inside organizations necessary for efficient organization management and development. The course is of an interdisciplinary character as it incorporates the findings of psychology, sociology and management on a practical level and it explains the organizational behavior and the behavior of individuals inside from a wider perspective of organizational behavior efficiency.

At the end of the course students should be able to:
- understand the main patterns of the behavior of organizations and of the individuals inside;
- predict the tendencies in the organizational behavior and the behavior of individuals inside;
- make reasoned decisions concerning the management of organizations and the individuals inside;
- select measures and tools purposefully to influence individuals, groups and organizations as a whole to enhance their efficiency.
Syllabus
  • 1. Organizational behavior and its study.
  • Organization, organizational behavior – term definition. An interdisciplinary approach to their studies and to understanding organizations. Organizations and environment.
  • 2. Individuals in organizations I.
  • Personality. Personality determinants of performance and individual behavior inside organizations, individual differences.
  • 3. Individuals in organizations II.
  • Work motivation and job satisfaction. Work roles, role conflicts, role overload. Social identity. Stress and its sources within an organization.
  • 4. Perception and learning in an organization.
  • Social perception and its principles, social stereotypes. Theory of learning, individual differences in learning. Individual socialization and adaptation in an organization.
  • 5. Organizational communication.
  • Communication process and its principles. Barriers to efficient communication. Intercultural communication.
  • 6. Work groups and their management.
  • Formal and informal groups. Group roles, group structure. Group processes and behavior. Efficiency of work groups.
  • 7. Work groups and their management.
  • A work group and a work team. Team types, characteristics of team work. Team roles. Selection of team members, team development. Leadership styles, leadership style typology, leadership style choice with respect to the characteristics of the organization and the work groups.
  • 8. Organizational relationships and their dynamics.
  • Power in an organization, sources of power, influence of power distribution on organizational behavior and decision making. Organizational politics. Organizational conflicts, sources of conflicts, conflict management.
  • 9. Organizational development and change I.
  • External and internal causes of the necessity for organizational change. Stages of organizational development, development crises. Types of organizational changes, model of change management. Sources of resistance to change, breaking resistance to change.
  • 10. Organizational development and change II.
  • Developing organization in order to enhance its efficiency. A learning organization, its characteristics and significance.
  • 11. Organizational culture and its creation I.
  • Organizational culture – term definition, organizational culture elements, organizational culture structure. Organizational culture sources. The content and the power of organizational culture, organizational subcultures. Functions of organizational culture, its influence on organizational behavior.
  • 12. Organizational culture and its creation II.
  • Organizational culture influence on organization’s efficiency. Conflict of subcultures within an organization, its consequences. The significance of organizational culture content and power in public sector organizations. Organizational culture and ethics. Knowledge of organizational culture as a pre-requisite for efficient creation of the desired organizational culture type. Organizational culture diagnostics.
  • 13. Organizational culture and its creation.
  • Process of the desired organizational culture formulation. Tools for desired organizational culture creation. Organizational culture and New Public Management. Change management of organizational culture.
Literature
  • Organizační chování :jak se každý den chovají spolupracovníci, nadřízení, podřízení, obchodní partneři či zákazníci. Edited by František Bělohlávek. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 1996, 343 s. ISBN 80-85839-09-1. info
  • TURECKIOVÁ, Michaela. Řízení a rozvoj lidí ve firmách. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2004, 168 s. ISBN 8024704056. info
  • Organisational behaviour. Edited by K. K. Karthick. Rev. ed. Mumbai [India]: Himalaya Pub. House, 2010, 206 p. ISBN 9789350245477. info
  • LUKÁŠOVÁ, Růžena. Organizační kultura a její změna (Organizational culture and its change). vyd. první. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010, 238 pp. edice Expert. ISBN 978-80-247-2951-0. info
Teaching methods
The course takes the form of both lectures and seminars. Lectures are focused on explaining basic theory, during the seminars the skills to apply the knowledge in practice using group discussions, case studies and model situations are developed.
Assessment methods
There are two forty-five-minute lessons once in 14 days. The final examination is written, minimum level of knowledge is 60%.

The conditions for being allowed to take the final test include the following:
1) attendance of at least 80%,
2) writing up an individual seminar paper on the assigned topic,
3) team elaboration of the assigned case study, presentation of the team work during the last seminar, the quality of the case study elaboration and its presentation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: Předmět nebude v daném semestru vypsán, pokus se nezapíše min. 15 studentů.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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