Organizational Behaviour

1472.12

Winter 2009Bruce Duggan

Providence College

What to expect

reputation syllabus stuff

• http://businessadministration.prov.ca/

workload

4 Questions

1. What is OB?

2. Didn’t we do this already?

3. Why study it?

4. What could a Christian perspective be?

1. What is OB?

workplace

structure

group

individual

actions outcomes

1. What is OB?

structure productivity employee development & training global competition & cooperation

1. What is OB?

structure

group leadership teams diversity

1. What is OB?

structure

group

individual satisfaction empowerment ethics

ethics

1. What is OB?

contributing disciplines Psychology Sociology Social Psychology Anthropology Political Science

1. What is OB?

2. Didn’t we do this already?

• in Intro Management

what’s different? detail examples practice fun

• OK, maybe I have a strange idea of fun…

3. Why study OB?

4 reasonsa. It’s interesting.

b. You’ll need it.

c. Sometimes it’s insightful.

d. It can help you do a better job.• What was your worst job?

• What made it lousy? People or…? Controllable or…?

4. A Christian Perspective?

Acts 2 Thessalonians

4. A Christian Perspective?

Paul Acts 18

• Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers just as he was.

4. A Christian Perspective?

Paul Acts 18 2 Thessalonians 3

• We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it….On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this…to make ourselves a model for you to follow.

4. A Christian Perspective?

Paul a Christian business-person? if he was an employer here and now:

• How would he treat his employees?

• Would he ever fire an employee? Why? How?

• Would he hire a fellow Christian ahead of a non-Christian?

4. A Christian Perspective?

Otterburne Community Church 10 years from now

• you’re on the board

• pastor expresses staffing concerns

• What do you do?

To Do

for this Thu read

• ch 1 skim

» 1 hr w highlighter note Marysville

Daycare

» pg 29

• RA 1 History of OB

for Mon read

• ch 2

study• Quiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ch 1 & 2

for next Thu due

• RA 1

handout

Activities

1. Case incident

2. “Test”

3. Debate

Thu

Activities

1. “Test”

» pg 23 (both editions)

Director

Producer

Coordinator

Monitor

Mentor

Facilitator

Innovator

Broker

FLEXIBILITY

CONTROL

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

handout

Activities

1. “Test” What did you find from test? How useful for managers? Ethical implications?

Activities

2. Case incident Marysville Daycare

» pg 29 (both editions)

• you’re Marshall Rogers How would you know if the employees were happy

with their jobs? What could you have done differently? What will you do now? Why are your employees doing this?

assumptions will snare you

Activities

3. Debate what makes an organization successful?

• people 1st?

• performance 1st?» pg 22 (both editions)

6 volunteers• 2 for each side to make the case

• 1 for each side to rebut

Debate

Judging What leads to profit?

before

after

peop

le f

irst

prof

it fir

st

handout

Debate

Successful organizations put people first• Lead-off

• Rebuttal

Successful companies put profits first• Lead-off

• Rebuttal

• Judges

Debate

The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.

Samuel Gompers

Syllabus

for Mon

prep for quiz