● Introduction: Definition & significance, Disciplines influencing OB, Data collection in
OB, Challenges and Opportunities in OB
● Cultural diversity: Benefits of diversity, Challenges in diversity, Scientific diversity issues,
Respecting diversity, Managing cultural diversity, Ethics & diversity
● Personality, perception: Meaning of personality, Determinants of personality
● Nature vs. nurture, Big 5 personality traits, Personality at workplace, Concept & types of
perception, Attribution theory, Biases in attribution, Short-cut in judging others
● Values & Attitudes: Values across culture, Components of attitudes, Attitude vs. behavior,
Cognitive dissonance theory, Reducing dissonance, Work attitude, Attitude &
performance, Deviant workplace behavior, EVLN model
● Workplace stress: Stress & stressor, Physical connection with stress, Types of workplace
stressors, Outcome of stress, Approaches to manage stress, Not all stress is bad
● Designing motivation: Motivation theories, Implications of theories in work life,
Application in motivation, Motivating employees through job design, Motivating through
goal setting, Performance appraisal , Appraisal bias, Performance incentives
● Group dynamics: Definition, Types, Stages of group development, Factors affecting group
behavior, Group vs. team, Types of team, Making decisions, Types of decisions, Rational
decision making, Group think
● Power & politics: Definition, Types of power, Types of influence, Connection between
leadership & power