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Organizational Behavior Crash Course
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(8 ratings)
27 students

Organizational Behavior Crash Course

Crash course to quickly give you the basics of organizational behavior
Created byAdrian Resag, QIAL, CMIIA, CIA, CRMA, CFSA, GRCP, IAAP, CIMA Adv Dip MA
Last updated 11/2022
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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.

Course content

6 sections • 18 lectures • 1h 20m total length

  • Organizational Behavior2:23

    Explore how people interact in groups and how an organization's culture is expressed through individual behavior. This heavier topic links anthropology-inspired insights to real workplace dynamics.

  • Motivation and Question on Motivation3:32

    Explore how motivation initiates, guides and sustains goal-oriented behavior, distinguishing intrinsic motivation from extrinsic rewards like salary, public recognition, and promotion.

  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs7:57

    Explore Maslow's hierarchy of needs as a classic motivation theory, from physiological and safety needs to social belonging, esteem, and self-actualization, with workplace applications.

  • Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory4:00

    Explore Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory, which separates factors that prevent dissatisfaction (hygiene) from those that create satisfaction (motivators), such as policy, supervision, pay, and meaningful work.

  • McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y2:18

    Explore McGregor's theory X and theory Y, contrasting an authoritarian management style with a participative approach. The theories assume different employee motivations and suggest no one-size-fits-all.

  • Locke and Latham's Goal-Setting Theory3:49

    Explore Locke and Latham's goal setting theory, showing that difficult, specific goals boost performance when instructions are clear. Learn how employee participation motivates goal achievement toward organizational objectives.

  • Skinner's Reinforcement Theory3:35

    Explore Skinner's reinforcement theory and how positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, extinction, and punishment modify behavior through rewards or removing negative consequences.

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:

  1. Business Managers seeking to know how to motivate staff.

  2. Human Resources staff who want to know more about organizational culture or the bases of power.

  3. Students studying business or entrepreneurship.

  4. 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 Motivation

  • Learn 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 Culture

  • Know about organizational culture and how to reinforce it.

Personality Theories

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

Leadership, Management and Job Design

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

Power and Leadership

  • Know the bases of power and the leadership grid.

Organizational Structure

  • Understand centralized and decentralized organizations and departmentalization.

Who this course is for:

  • 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.

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