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MAN300FB-A5513(経営学 / Management 300)
Organizational Behavior Ⅰ

Makiko NISHIKAWA

Class code etc
Faculty/Graduate school GBP (Global Business Program)
Attached documents
Year 2022
Class code A5513
Previous Class code
Previous Class title
Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 水3/Wed.3
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 各学部・研究科等の時間割等で確認
Grade 2~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers (Notes)
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Category 専門教育科目/Business Administration Courses
専門科目/Intermediate/Advanced Courses of Business Administration

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Outline and objectives

Organizational behaviour (OB) seeks to understand human behaviour in organizational contexts. This course (OBI) will focus on basic attitudes and behaviour of people in organizations. Topics covered in OBI are; work attitudes and behaviour, perception and attribution, individual and collective learning, emotions, and motivation. As students’ cultural backgrounds vary, comparative aspects will be emphasised.

Goal

Students will learn various concepts and theories of organizational behaviour, mainly developed in the field of psychology, social psychology, and sociology. They will apply the knowledge and skills learnt in this course to their collective activities and experiences. They will also understand how cultural differences affect the attitudes and behaviour of people in organization.

Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?

This course is strongly related to "Sociology", "Social Psychology" and the "DP2-2", "DP4" and "DP5" diploma policies and fairly related to the "DP1-1" and "DP3" policies.

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

Each week will focus on a specific topic, and the concepts and theories relevant to the topic will be learnt and discussed. Students’ own collective experiences and secondary data sets (International Social Survey Program, World Values Survey, etc.) will be analysed to examine the cultural differences in work attitudes and behaviour. Oral or written feedback will be given on class assignments.

Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

授業形態/methods of teaching:対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1[対面/face to face]:Introduction

What is OB?
How will we study OB?

2[対面/face to face]:Work attitudes 1

Diversity within us

3[対面/face to face]:Work attitudes 2

Which is more fundamental, attitudes or behaviour?

4[対面/face to face]:Perception 1

What is perception?
Value differences across countries

5[対面/face to face]:Perception 2

Perceptual processes
Perceptual errors

6[対面/face to face]:Attribution

Attribution theory
Attribution biases

7[対面/face to face]:Learning 1

What is learning?
Classical and operant conditioning
Cultural learning

8[対面/face to face]:Learning 2

Collective learning
Knowledge society and knowledge workers

9[対面/face to face]:Emotions

Emotions and behavior
Emotional intelligence
Emotional labour

10[対面/face to face]:Motivation 1

Needs theories

11[対面/face to face]:Motivation 2

Process theories

12[対面/face to face]:Motivation 3

Equity theory and organizational justice

13[対面/face to face]:Summary

Course summary

14[対面/face to face]:Report presentation

Final report presentation

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

Homework will be given occasionally. Students should write a final report based on homeworks and class discussions.Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each.

Textbooks

No textbook will be used.

References

No Reference will be used.

Grading criteria

Participation to class and to discussion (50%)
Homeworks and the final report (50%)

Changes following student comments

This course will encourage students to reflect on their own experiences as a group member from the point of view of organizational behaviour.

Equipment student needs to prepare

Important notices will be given through the Hosei University Course Management System, Hoppii .
To investigate secondary data sets, students may occasionally need to bring their own PC.

Others

OBⅠ and OBⅡ cover different topics, but it is highly recommended to take both.
Relevant to this course are; Introduction to Organizational Management, Organizational ManagementⅠ/Ⅱ, Human Resource ManagementⅠ/Ⅱ.

Prerequisites

Students from the Japanese program should have appropriate English skills.