LEADING PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS
Management of people and organizations, exploring concepts that will be valuable as a current employee or a future employee, manager, or leader. Concepts will be discussed at the individual, group or team, and the organizational level. Key organizational behavior topics include: diversity, attitude and job satisfaction, emotions, personality and value, individual and group decision making, motivation, teams, leadership, influence, strategy, organizational structure and culture, and change management.
Topics
- diversity
- attitude and job satisfaction
- emotions
- personality and value
- individual and group decision making
- motivation
- teams
- leadership
- influence
- strategy
- organizational structure and culture
- and change management
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing or declared in graduate Business Exchange program Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize how employee behavior affects organizational performance. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain strategies that improve individual, group, and team performance. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop leadership and management potential through feedback, self-reflection, and implementable action plans to achieve personal and career goals. Audience: Graduate 4. Explain how organizational level inputs and processes relate to critical outcomes such as productivity and survival. Audience: Graduate 5. Recommend organizational behavior-related solutions to address current problems faced by organizations. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize how employee behavior affects organizational performance. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain strategies that improve individual, group, and team performance. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop leadership and management potential through feedback, self-reflection, and implementable action plans to achieve personal and career goals. Audience: Graduate 4. Explain how organizational level inputs and processes relate to critical outcomes such as productivity and survival. Audience: Graduate 5. Recommend organizational behavior-related solutions to address current problems faced by organizations. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027