A prelude to Organizational Behaviour, emerging challenges and the historical evolution involved the contributing disciplines of OB, management functions in relevance to OB.

Personality- Determinants, structure, behavior, assessment, psycho-analytical and cultural diversity, Theories of personality. Perception – meaning, factors influencing perception Managerial implications on perception.

Learning – Meaning and definition, how it occurs? – Classical, operant, social – cognitive approaches. Principles of learning, Learning and OB-Attitudes – components – ABC- Model- Formation – Function- Changing attitudes- Ways of changing attitudes.

Emotional Intelligence – Concepts – meaning – definition – origin – importance- Domain – EI and Leadership – Motivation – Challenges- Theories of Motivation. Case Studies.

OD – prerequisites – situations appropriate for OD – action research – OD interventions – effectiveness of OD programming – Managerial implications, Case Studies.