Leadership and Organizational behaviour is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, organization structure, organization values, and culture have on the behaviour of employees within the organization. Leadership and Organisational Behaviour focuses on the understanding and managing people and organizational process to improve the organizational performance and effectiveness. Organization behaviour provides a major challenge for managers and at the same time, it provides an opportunity for managers to change and improve the existing system and performance of the organization. Therefore, managers must learn to take advantage of individual differences, group diversity and intragroup conflicts within the organization.
Similarly, it is important for successful managers that they not only understand the individuals, group dynamics, and organizations’ processes and design, but also appreciate organizations external environment. Finally, OB can offer managers guidelines in creating an ethically healthy work climate within the organization. The course on Leadership and Organisational Behaviour provide an opportunity for students to understand the individual processes and the interdependence of these processes within the organizational framework. An integral part of this course is to develop students’ analytical skills, leadership and interpersonal skills, through experiential exercises, case discussions and through self-assessment tools.
- Teacher: Eugene Owusu-Acheampong