The course investigates the relationships between individuals, groups and organizations and their impacts on human behavior within the frame of the workplaces.
The central object is behavior. In a nutshell, O.B. helps managers and employees to understand the impact of the human factor on structures and vice-versa.
Behavior is part of and belongs to individuals. Hence the need to first and foremost, understand how individual behavior stems and what is behind it. Then and only then, we can observe and understand behaviors within collective contexts: firstly within teams and then within the upper level: organization.
The course pursues three main objectives:
- Learning the concepts, tools and frameworks related to O.B.
- Understanding how to use the acquired knowledge on the workplace, through structured discussions on cases and/or formal presentations.
- Reflecting upon one's own professional experience, past and current...and future.