Organizational Behaviour

By Prof Rishipal |

Learners enrolled: 348

Discipline Area	Management and Psychology
Programme Level	UG & PG level
Academic Programmes	BBA, B Com, BSc Psychology, BA (Hons) Psychology, MBA, M.Com, Msc Psychology
Course Name	Organizational Behavior
Medium of Instruction	English
Nature of Course	Core
Course Credits	4
Course Duration(week)	15

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	15 weeks
Category :	HRM and Organizational Behaviour
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	14 Jul 2025
End Date :	31 Oct 2025
Exam Date :
NCrF Level	6.0

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Course layout

Week No	Modules to be covered
1	Introduction to Organizational Behaviour & Historical antecedents
2	Contemporary Trends and Challenges of Organizational Behaviour; Field of OB: Individual, Groups & Systems as building blocks
3	Employee attitudes: Job satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, Organizational Citizenship Behaviour
4	Organizational Behaviour Models
5	Work Motivation: Early theories: Maslow, McClelland, Two factor
6	Work Motivation: Contemporary theories: Goal setting, Equity, Expectancy
7	Organizational Culture
8	Perception, Personality and Values
9	Power and Politics: Influence, empowerment, organizational politics, sexual harassment.
10	Leadership: a. Basic approaches: Trait theories, Behavioural theories, Contingency theories
11	Leadership: Contemporary Issues: Inspirational approaches to leadership, Contemporary leadership roles, Challenges to the leadership construct & Indian perspective
12	Emotions and Emotional Intelligence
13	Group: Formation, Type, Dynamics and Decision Making
14	Interpersonal Behavior
15	Assignment as the final Test from the complete syllabus
16	Sharing on the submitted assignment

Books and references

Apple White, Phillip B, Organizational Behaviour”, Printice Hall, Englewood Cliffs.
Arnold and Feidman, “Organization Behaviour”, McGraw Hill International, New York.
Aswathappa. K, Organisational Behaviour. Himalaya Publishing House.
Chadha, N.K. (2007). Organizational Behavior. Galgotia Publishers: New Delhi.
G. Misra (Ed.), Handbook of Psychology. N. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Gary Dessler, Organization Theories, Prentice Hall, India
Greenberg, J. & Baron, R.A. (2007). Behaviour in Organizations (9th Ed.). India.
Griffin, R.W. & Moorhead, G. (2009). Organizational Behavior: Managing People & Organizations. New Delhi : Biztantra publishers.
Gupta, S.K., Joshi, Rosy. (2013). Organizational Behaviour. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi
Harrell, T.W, “Industrial Psychology”, McGraw Hill, New York.
Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New York: Wiley Blackwell.
L.M. Prasad, Management Process and Organizational, Sultan Chand & Sons.
Luthans, F. (2009). Organizational behaviour. New Delhi: McGraw Hill.
Miner, J.B, Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Theories, and Analyses. Oxford University Press.
Nair, S. R, Organisational Behaviour (text & Cases), Himalaya Publishing House.
Pareek, U. (2010). Understanding organizational behaviour. Oxford: Oxford
Pareek. U, Understanding Organisational Behaviour, Oxford University Press (Revised and Updated by Sushama Khanna)
Prakash, A. (2011). Organizational behaviour in India: An indigenous perspective. In
Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T.A. (2007) Organizational Behavior( 12th Ed). New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India.
Schermerhorn, J.R. , Hunt, J.G. & Osborn, R.N. (2008) Organizational Behavior (10thEd.) New Delhi: Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.
Singh, K. (2010). Organizational Behavior: Texts & Cases. India: Dorling Kindersley
Sinha, J.B.P. (2008). Culture and Organizational Behavior. New Delhi: Sage.
Stephen P. Robbins, Organizational Behavior Concepts, Prentice Hall, India
University Press.

Instructor bio

Prof Rishipal

Prof. (Dr.) Rishi Pal is presently working as Controller of Examinations, Professor Pedagogy, Dean Pedagogy and Capacity Building, Dean Skill Faculty of Management Studies and Research, Chief Warden, Chairperson Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences at Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Haryana. (14 yrs and 09 months Professors Experience)

Dr. Rishipal is PhD, MBA, MA (English and Psychology) LLB, LLM, PG Diploma in Training & Development and Guidance & Counselling. He has qualified National Eligibility Test (NET), both in Psychology and Management.

Dr. Rishipal has more than 37 years’ experience in Academics, Administration, Management, Research and Training & Development. Prof Rishipal has also worked as Dean Humanities and Applied Sciences and Dean WIT Campus, Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Haryana, Gurugram. Dr Rishipal has visited Germany, Switzerland, Austria and other European countries as a Member of Confederation of Indian Industry Skill Delegation. Dr Rishipal is also associated as Visiting Professor with different universities, technical & management institutions and industrial organizations. He is also supervising the research work of PhD Scholars.

Dr. Rishipal has authored Fourteen books and written number of chapters and articles in books, magazines and newspapers for the discipline area of Training & Development, Communication, Management and Psychology. He has also published more than 40 research papers in international journals of repute and also presented more than 125 research papers in the international and national seminars and conferences. Dr. Rishipal has developed and published psychological scales. He is Editor and reviewer for various International Journals.

Dr Rishipal is impaneled as member and consultant by the state and national Govt. for the planning and development of academic institutions and other organizations. Dr Rishipal has been impaneled as member of National Institute of Differently Abled Persons, New Delhi, an autonomous body of Govt. of India under the governance of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India. He has also worked as member of Juvenile Justice Board for five years in Sirsa, Haryana, nominated by the Govt. of Haryana. Dr Rishipal has also worked as member of Inspection committee for the inspection of Women Jails and Juvenile Observation Homes in Haryana for a period of five years.

Dr Rishipal is also impaneled as a resource person by the Govt. organizations like; UGC, CBSE, AICTE, PDDUIPPD, NPTI, EdCIL and other Universities for the training and development of Faculty Members, Officers and Employees of their affiliated organizations and institutions. He is also associated with private and public sector industrial and business organizations for the training and development of their human resource.

Dr Rishipal has conducted more than 1500 training programmes, workshops and other HRD activities for the training, development and grooming of engineers, managers, administrators, faculty members and students.