A course designed to develop thorough understanding of individual behavior within formal organizations. Consideration is given to a number of important behavioral processes, including learning, perception, attitudinal structuring, conflict, motivation, and social reinforcement. Attention is devoted to the individual's effect on the organization and the way behavior affects the achievement of organizational goals. MGT 621 Organizational Behavior and Group Performance. A study of human interaction and interpersonal behavior within working relationships.
Emphasis is given to findings of the behavioral sciences as related to management problems.
Theoretical and empirical approaches to issues such as communication, socialization, and role theory are presented. The Management of Organizational Change. A course that gives special attention to the human aspects of problems that arise in technical, social, and organizational arenas faced with the need to change. The course includes detailed analyses of organizations as systems and of organizational leadership, change, and development. MGT 623 Contemporary Issues in Organizational Theory.