Lecture Notes
Module 1
Chapter 1

Slide 1
Welcome to MBA 5300 Organizational Behavior. During the next six weeks we will be exploring the theoretical and practical application of the tools that we use in business to create a successful culture. We’ll be looking at individual and group behavior as it applies in an organizational setting. We will look at organizational theory and apply that theory to teams, motivation, leadership, and the analysis of an organization in a group setting an in an individual paper. Please be sure that you have read the course syllabus and understand each of the assignments and the weeks they are due. Also, those assignments are summarized on the assignment check sheet, and they are summarized on the grading information sheet. So, you have three different places you can reference when you are determining the requirements for each week. If you do have any questions, please be sure you e-mail or phone me as early as possible so that you can be successful in this course.

Slide 2
What is Organizational Behavior? Well, it’s easy to say that it is the way an organization behaves. What does that really mean? Let’s look at how organizations behave. Are they ethical? Do they value people? Those are two key characteristics. What about communications (both internal and external)? When you are looking for a position, what type of company do you want to work for? So you only look at the salary? Or do you examine the organization by talking to other people in the organization? Organizational behavior is that composite of people within the organization that share common values and beliefs. Let’s take that a bit further and look at what we call organizational culture.

Slide 3
I like to think of organizational culture as a person’s personality. So if you were asking “What is the culture of an organization?” Think about