Aug 03, 2025  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2022-23 
    
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PSY 7621 - Organizational Psychology: Organizational Behavior


Individuals are complex systems behaving within complex organizational systems. This course will explore in depth the motivational, affective, and cognitive subsystems of humans, and how they are affected by and affect leaders, groups, and organizations. Attention will be paid to understanding the operation of the systems and the consequences of applications and interventions on these systems. The boundaries of the field’s knowledge of these issues are explored and students are expected to describe how they could add to the field’s knowledge store either empirically, theoretically, or both.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Define key concepts in organizational behavior.
  • Describe the leading theories in motivation, affect, leadership, judgment and decision making and group processes as applied to organizational contexts.
  • Design research or analyze existing research in a way that would contribute to the field.



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