While it is often believed that the sole success of a business depends on aspects such as management, economics, accounting, or finance; the true success relies on its people, and more specifically on their performance, corporate climate, and company culture. To achieve that desired success, we must consider the needs and expectations of the people working with us, how they interact with each other and how they relate to the company. That is why Organizational Behavior has become, in recent years, a fundamental aspect at the heart of every business.

This course offers an introduction to Organizational Behavior, a field focused on the aspect of human in management, including individual difference, emotion, perception, behavior, and interpersonal interactions within teams and organizations. More specifically, some of the topics covered in this course are personality, attitude, emotion, and motivation at the individual level, group behavior and leadership at the group/team level, as well as the culture and change of organizations.

We all hear about secrets to business success or inspirational quotes about leading a team, but there is one common thing throughout all this information: the importance of the people of an organization. It’s not just that organizations are comprised of people, but these people truly drive the organization, both the successes and the failures.