About this course
Organizational behavior (OB) always been viewed as an important field of study by organizations and managers. The instructor, Dr. Shirley Huang, served in senior management position for thirty-five years in three Fortune 500 financial institutions: Chase bank, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo.
This course is designed to strengthen students’ understanding of OB and management concepts. Dr. Huang effortlessly blends her work experience with OB concepts by providing personal stories and authentic cases. If you are interested in OB and want to become a better leader or manager, this is the course for you!
What you'll learn
Students will be able to:
- Describe the concepts of organizational behavior
- Differentiate between management as a science and management as an art
- Describe the impacts of organizational behavior
- Identify possible solutions to a problem using organizational behavior
- Adopt organizational behavior to help the organization increase profitability
Target Learners
College or university students and working professionals
Course Features
1. The course cultivates students’ organizational leadership ability by incorporating sense and sensibility business philosophy and broadening their global perspective
2. In line with the development of Taiwan's new southward economic policy, the curriculum design combines theory and practice to improve the quality of working professionals in human resource. Moreover, the course provides information about the global job market to prepare students for future international development.
3. The instructor has both practical and educational background. She brings new excitement into the course by incorporating years of work experience working in the financial segment as well as teaching in the US and Taiwan university.
4. The course is in an online format and divided into eight themes. Instructors may use this course to broaden students’ global perspective and meet the sustainable development goals set up with the United Nation.
Course Syllabus
Theme 1: Introduction
Theme 2: The concept of organizational behavior
Theme 3: Positive thinking and energy
Theme 4: The concept of management
Theme 5: The correlation between communication and leadership skills
Theme 6: The core value of the organization
Theme 7: The combination of sense and sensibility in business philosophy
Theme 8:Global perspective – the goal of sustainable business
Grading
Video 60%
Quiz 20%
Homework 20%
Prerequisites
Understand the basic concepts of human resource management (HRM)
Certificate of Completion