BUS209: Personality Types | Saylor Academy

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Course Introduction

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: Organizations in Business

1.1: Organizational Behavior

Organizational Behavior

Why, What, and How We Study Behavior in Organizations

What is Organizational Behavior?

1.2: Employee Mindset

Employee Engagement Mindset

Leadership and Organizational Behavior Quiz

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 2: Managing Individuals, Personalities, and Motivation

2.1: Individuals

Understanding People at Work

Individual Differences and Personality

Big Five Personality Test

2.2: Attitudes

Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

Individual Attitudes and Behaviors

Personality Types

Emotional Intelligence

Power and Politics in the Organization

Managing Stress and Emotions

Emotion and Stress in Workplace

2.3: Employee Job Performance

Cognitive and Process Theories

Understaning Employee Attendance

Employee Turnover

2.4: Motivation

Theories of Motivation

Career Motivational Anaylsis Quiz

Motivational Processes, Need Theories

Designing a Motivating Work Environment

Applications in the Organization of Job Design

The Puzzle of Motivation

Unit 2 Assessment

Unit 2 Assessment

Unit 3: Managing Groups and Teams

3.1: Groups

Managing Groups and Teams

Group Processes in the Organization

Social Norms in Groups

Group Influence on Individuals

Can Groups Be Creative?

Groups vs. Teams

Diversity in Teams

3.2: Organizational Communication

Communication in the Organization

Communication

How to Train Employees to Have Difficult Conversations

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 4: Leadership, Influence, and Leveraging Power

4.1: Leading People within Organizations

Leading People within Organizations

"Bad" Bosses

The Dynamics of Leadership

How Great Leaders Inspire Action

Command and Control Leadership vs. People-Centered Leadership

4.2: Power Bases and Influence

Leadership and Power

Power and Politics

Sources of Power

4.3: Politics

Leveraging Power

Implementation Mechanisms of Business Organizations

Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report

Social Network Analysis

Unit 4 Assessment

Unit 4 Assessment

Unit 5: Conflict Management and Negotiations

5.1: Conflict

Conflict and Stress

Conflict and Negotiations

Types and Phases of Conflict in the Workplace

Conflict Is Good

Intra-Group Conflict and Team Quality: The Moderating Role of Leadership Styles

Conflicts in Organizations Good or Bad

5.2: Negotiations