Organizational Behavior Crash Course

Crash course to quickly give you the basics of organizational behavior

What you'll learn

Learn about the different theories of motivation, including Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs or Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory.

Know about McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y, Locke and Latham's Goal-Setting Theory and Skinner's Reinforcement Theory.

Know about organizational culture and how to reinforce it.

Know about the Big Five Traits Theory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicators.

Know how to better design jobs, how to distinguish between leadership and management skills and how to employ management control techniques.

Know the bases of power and the leadership grid.

Understand centralized and decentralized organizations and departmentalization.

Requirements

No prior experience or knowledge is required.

Description

We are glad to bring you the Organizational Behavior Crash Course.This course is ideal for variety of people, including:Business Managers seeking to know how to motivate staff. Human Resources staff who want to know more about organizational culture or the bases of power. Students studying business or entrepreneurship. Anyone who wants to know more about organizational behavior.The course will give you the knowledge and tools necessary in organizational behavior. Learn about the different theories of motivation, about organizational culture and how to strengthen an ethical culture, about personality theories, leadership, management and job design, the bases of power and about organizational structure.It is taught by Adrian Resag, who has managed teams and worked at a strategic level in many global organizations. He has taught organizational behavior to persons in many companies and governmental organizations.The course covers:Theories of MotivationLearn about the different theories of motivation, including Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory, McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y, Locke and Latham's Goal-Setting Theory and Skinner's Reinforcement Theory.Organizational CultureKnow about organizational culture and how to reinforce it.Personality TheoriesKnow about the Big Five Traits Theory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicators.Leadership, Management and Job DesignKnow how to better design jobs, how to distinguish between leadership and management skills and how to employ management control techniques.Power and LeadershipKnow the bases of power and the leadership grid.Organizational StructureUnderstand centralized and decentralized organizations and departmentalization.

Overview

Section 1: Theories of Motivation

Lecture 1 Organizational Behavior

Lecture 2 Motivation and Question on Motivation

Lecture 3 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Lecture 4 Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory

Lecture 5 McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y

Lecture 6 Locke and Latham's Goal-Setting Theory

Lecture 7 Skinner's Reinforcement Theory

Section 2: Organizational Culture

Lecture 8 Definitions of Organizational Structure and Culture

Lecture 9 Reinforcing Organizational Culture

Section 3: Personality Theories

Lecture 10 Big Five Traits Theory

Lecture 11 Myers-Briggs Type Indicators

Section 4: Leadership, Management and Job Design

Lecture 12 Job Design

Lecture 13 Leadership vs Management Skills

Lecture 14 Management Control Techniques

Section 5: Power and Leadership

Lecture 15 Bases of Power

Lecture 16 Leadership Grid

Section 6: Organizational Structure

Lecture 17 Centralized vs Decentralized Organizations

Lecture 18 Departmentalization

Business Managers seeking to know how to motivate staff.,Human Resources staff who want to know more about organizational culture or the bases of power.,Students studying business or entrepreneurship.,Anyone who wants to know more about organizational behavior.