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Part A: Content Design
Course Title Managing People and Organizations
Course No(s) MBA ZG511
Credit Units 4
Credit Model
Content Authors Annapoorna Gopal, ANJANI SRIKANTH KOKA

Course Objectives
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CO1 To provide an understanding of human behavior in organizations by exploring concepts

associated with managing organizations and the behavior of the individuals and groups within
the organizational settings.

CO2 To understand the role of cognitive, behavioral, and emotional factors, and organizational
processes; and identify methods that can improve the behavior, attitudes, and effectiveness of
organizational members, with emphasis on decision making and change management.

CO3 To gain an insight into application of concepts of Organizational Behavior (OB), Human
Resource Management (HRM) and organization theory through case studies, assignments and
exercises.

Text Book(s)
T1 Organizational Behavior by Stephen P. Robbins., Timothy A. Judge & Neharika Vohra,
Pearson Education, 18th Edition, 2019
T2 Aswathappa K., Human Resource Management- Text and Cases, Tata McGraw Hill, 8th
Edition, 2017

Reference Book(s) & other resources

R1 Understanding the Theory and Design of Organizations by Richard L. Daft. Cengage India,
10th Edition, 2013.
R2 Understanding Organizational Behaviour by Udai Pareek. Oxford University Press, 2 nd Edition,
2007.

Content Structure:

Module
# Module Title Sub- Module Titles
Introduction to Organizational 1.1 What is Organizational Behavior?
1 Behavior (OB) 1.2 Challenges and Opportunities in OB
2.1 Nature and Scope of HRM
Introduction to Human Resource 2.2 Context of HRM
 2 Management(HRM)
3 Organizations and Individuals 3.1 Diversity in organizations
3.2 Attitudes & Job Satisfaction
3.3 Emotions and Moods
3.4 Personality and values
3.5 Perception and individual decision making
3.6 Motivation Concepts
 3.7 Motivation: From Concepts to Applications

4.1 Foundations of Group Behavior

4.2 Understanding Work Teams
4.3 Communication
4.4 Leadership
4 Organizations and Groups
5.1 Foundations of Organization Structure
5.2 Organizational Culture
5.3 Organizational Change

5 The Organization System

7.1 Compensation Management
 7 Managing the existing workforce-1
8.1 Appraising and Managing Performance

8 Managing the existing workforce-2

Experiential Learning Components:

This course will feature experiential learning components in the form of projects/assignments (in
the areas of HR and OB) that are designed to enable the participants to learn by doing. This will also
form part of the Evaluation Components for the course.

Part B: Learning Plan

Academic Term First Semester 2022-2023
Course Title Managing People & Organizations
Course No MBA ZG511
Lead Instructor Annapoorna Gopal, ANJANI SRIKANTH KOKA

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course the student will be able to

No

1 Comprehend the fundamental concepts in organizational behavior and human resource

management and the tight coupling between them

2 Apply concepts of organization behavior to their everyday workplace context

3 Apply frameworks for managing talent at their workplace

4 Comprehend the pros and cons of different organizational structures and apply them, as needed at
their workplace

5 Comprehend the importance of organizational culture and change management strategies

Contact Hour 1
Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Introduction to OB RL 1.1, RL 1.2

During T1- Chapter 1 What is Organizational Behaviour? Textbook(s) and/ or
CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topics learnt

Contact Hour 2
Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Introduction to HRM RL 2.1, RL 2.2

During Nature, Scope and Context of HRM Textbook(s) and/ or

CH T2- Chapter 1 Reference Books
& 2 (Few
Portions)

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 3
Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Organizations and Individuals RL 3.1

During Diversity in Organizations Textbook(s) and/ or

CH T1 – Chapter 2 Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 4
Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Organizations and Individuals RL 3.2

During T1 – Chapter 3 Attitudes & Job Satisfaction Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 5
Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Organizations and Individuals RL 3.3

During T1 – Chapter 4 Emotions and Moods Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 6
Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Organizations and Individuals RL 3.4

During T1 – Chapter 5 Personality and Values Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 7&8

Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Organizations and Individuals RL 3.5

During T1 – Chapter 6 Perception and Individual decision making Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 9&10

Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Organizations and individuals RL 3.6

During T1 – Chapter 7 Motivation Concepts Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 11&12

Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Organizations and individuals RL 3.7

During T1 – Chapter 8 Motivation: From concepts to applications Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 13&14

Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Organizations and Groups RL 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

During T1 – Chapter 9 Foundations of Group Behavior, Understanding Textbook(s) and/ or

CH T1 – Chapter 10 Work Teams, Communication Reference Books
T1 – Chapter 11

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 15
Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Organizations and Groups RL 4.4

During T1 – Chapter 12 Leadership Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 16
Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH The Organization System RL 5.1

During T1 – Chapter 15 Foundations of organization structure Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 17
Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH The Organization System RL 5.2

During T1 – Chapter 16 Organizational Culture Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 18
Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH The Organization System RL 5.3

During T1 – Chapter 17 Organizational Change Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 19&20

Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference
 Pre CH Managing the existing workforce-1 RL 7.1

During T2 – Chapter 11 Compensation Management Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Contact Hour 21&22

Type Content Ref. Topic Title Study/HW Resource
Reference

Pre CH Managing the existing workforce-2 RL 8.1

During T2 – Chapter 9 Appraising and Managing performance Textbook(s) and/ or

CH Reference Books

Post CH Refer books/online resources on topic learnt

Evaluation Scheme:
Legend: EC = Evaluation Component; AN = After Noon Session; FN = Fore Noon Session
No Name Type Duration Weight Day, Date, Session, Time
EC-1 Quiz I Online - 5% August 16-30, 2022
Quiz II Online - 5% September 16-30, 2022
Assignment Online - 15%
October 16-30, 2022
submission
EC-2 Mid-Semester Test Open 2 hours 30% Sunday, 25/09/2022 (AN)
Book 2 PM – 4 PM
EC-3 Comprehensive Open 2 hours 45% Sunday, 27/11/2022 (AN)
Exam Book 2 PM – 4 PM

Syllabus for Mid-Semester Test (Open Book): Topics in Contact Hrs: 1 to 12

Syllabus for Comprehensive Exam (Open Book): All topics (Contact Hrs: 1 to 22)

Important links and information:

Elearn portal: https://elearn.bits-pilani.ac.in
Students are expected to visit the Elearn portal on a regular basis and stay up to date with the latest
announcements and deadlines.
Contact sessions: Students should attend the online lectures as per the schedule provided on the Elearn portal.
Evaluation Guidelines:
1. EC-1 consists of one Assignments and two Quizzes. Students will attempt them through the course pages
on the Elearn portal. Announcements will be made on the portal, in a timely manner.
2. For Open Book exams: Use of books and any printed / written reference material (filed or bound) is
permitted. However, loose sheets of paper will not be allowed. Use of calculators is permitted in all
exams. Laptops/Mobiles of any kind are not allowed. Exchange of any material is not allowed.
3. If a student is unable to appear for the Regular Test/Exam due to genuine exigencies, the student should
follow the procedure to apply for the Make-Up Test/Exam which will be made available on the Elearn
portal. The Make-Up Test/Exam will be conducted only at selected exam centres on the dates to be
announced later.
It shall be the responsibility of the individual student to be regular in maintaining the self study schedule as given
in the course handout, attend the online lectures, and take all the prescribed evaluation components such as
Assignment/Quiz, Mid-Semester Test and Comprehensive Exam according to the evaluation scheme provided in
the handout.