MOB Subject in MBA OU

I have taken admission in MBA Program at Osmania University (OU) recently. I want syllabus of Management and Organizational Behaviour (MOB) subject of 1st Semester of MBA Program. So will you please provide syllabus of Management and Organizational Behaviour (MOB) Subject of MBA 1st Semester Program of Osmania University (OU)?

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As you want syllabus of Management and Organizational Behaviour (MOB) Subject of MBA 1st Semester Program of Osmania University (OU), so here is detailed syllabus:

MBA 1st Semester Syllabus:
MB101 Management & Organizational Behaviour Core
MB102 Accounting for Management Core
MB103 Marketing Management Core
MB104 Open Elective-I
1.Business Law &Ethics
2.Fundamentals of Technology Management
3.Managerial Economics
MB105 Open Elective –II
1. IT Applications for Management
2. Business Communication
3. Customer Relationship Management
MB106 Computer Practical

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOUR
Unit-I: Management Process and Functions, Scientific and Modern Management, 3D
Model of Managerial Behavior-MBO-MBWA-Line and Staff-The Peter‟s Principle –
Parkinson‟s Law-Main Approaches to Organisation Structure-Management-Classical,
Human Relations, Systems and Contingency Approaches, Hawthorne‟s Experiments –
Human Engineering.

Unit-II: Decision Making and Negotiations: Approaches to Decision making-Rational,
Behavioral, Practical, and Personal Approaches-Open and Closed Models of Decision
Making, Types and steps in planning, Authority, Responsibility, Centralisation,
Decentralisation and Recentralisation, Bureaucracy.

Unit-III: Psychological contract-Personality Traits, Big 5 personality traits, MBTI
inventory, the Process of Perception-Perceptual distortions and errors, Kelly‟s personal
construct Theory, Motivation-Content Theories: Maslow, Alderfer, Herzberg, McCleland.
Process Theories: Vroom, Porter and Lawler, Equity Theory-Goal Theory-Attribution
Theory.

Unit-IV: Models of OB-Autocratic, Custodial, Supportive, Collegial and System
Models, Transactional Analysis, Johari Window. Group Dynamics: Typology of Groups –
Conflicts in groups-The nature of conflict-Reactions to conflict-A model of conflict.
Trait and Behavioral Approaches to Leadership, Managerial Grid, Path-Goal Theory,
Vroom‟s Decision Tree Approach to Leadership-Hersey and Blanchard Model.

Unit-V: Organisation Design, Organisation culture and Organisation climate. Stress
Management and Counseling, Management of change and Organisation development.
Communication-Emerging aspects of OB

Suggested Readings
1. Harold Koontz and Heinz Weihrich, 2015, Essentials of Management, TMH
2. Michael A. Hitt, J. Stewart Black, and Lyman W. Porter 2010, Management, Pearson
3. Curtis W. Cook and Phillip L. Hunsaker, 2010, Management and Organisational Behaviour, McGraw-Hill Irwin.
4. Robbins & Judge, 2015, OrganisationalBehaviour, Prentice Hall of India.
5. Gregory Moorhead and Ricky W. Griffin 2010, OrganisationBehaviour, Biztantre.
6. VSP Rao, V. Harikrishna 2010, Management-Text and Cases, Excel Books
7. K. Aswathappa, 2010, OrganisationalBehaviour-Text, Cases and Games, Himalaya
Publishing House.
8. UdaiPareek 2010, Understanding OrganisationalBehaviour, Oxford University Press
9. Lauriel J Mullins, 2010, Management &OrganisationalBehaviour, Pearson
10. Robin Finchem and Peter Rhodes 2010, Principles of OrganisationalBehaviour, Oxford
University Press.
11. B.R. Virmani, 2010, Managing People in Organisations, Response Books.