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    Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0326
    Subject: Organizational Behavior
    Form of study: full-time
    Subjetc´s goals: The study of the subject is focused on acquiring knowledge and practical skills for study, analysis, interpretation and influence the behavior of people in the military and non-military organizations for achieving the objectives of the Organization and their effectiveness.
    Learning outcomes:
    • skills:

    The students:

    • He/she can apply knowledge of organizational behavior, applied sociology and psychology, management and andragogy in the leadership of subordinates, in particular in their education and training. He/she applies the basic tools of scientific research and he/she can them used in the organizational environment.

    • He/she guides measures to prevent conflicts inside the unit, manages the adaptation of the people. He/she Identifies the possible sources and causes of conflict situations and suggests appropriate ways to address them. He/she uses knowledge of the elements of personality to its effective influence.
    • abilities:

    The students:

    • Characterized by the principles of the formation and functioning of the Organization and the underlying processes affecting their existence (communication, power, decision-making).
    • He/she can explain the terminology, classification, theory and models to influence individuals, work groups and military organizations-units and the possibility of their use.

    • He/she can describe the historical and social context of the creation and the functioning of the organization. He/she can present the theory of leadership and its relationship to the practice of command and control.

    • He/she can compare styles, methods and techniques of management of people with regard to their merits and demerits. He/she knows the structure of personality.

    • He/she rationalizes approaches to management of the organization and their application in military units.
    • competences:

    The graduates in the subject:

    • He/she is able to decide independently and responsibly in new or changing context or in a fundamentally evolving environment, taking into account the broader social consequences of decisions.

    • He/she It is able to, according to the evolving context and the available resources, to define the terms of reference for professional activities, coordinate, and bear the ultimate responsibility for their results, even in the context of the organizational culture.
    Subject continuity: The course builds on studies in the subjects of Psychology, Sociology, Andragogy, Management, Managerial decision making, Leadership, Human Resource Management in the Armed Forces.
    Conditions for successful completion of the course:

    Didactic test, case study and her defence with using presentation-project teaching. Verbal final exam.
    Basic literature:
    • Baron, Robert A., and Greenberg, Jerald. Behavior in organizations – 9th edition. Pearson Education Inc., New Jersey: 2008. p.248
    • Moorhead, G., & Griffin, R. W. (1995). Organizational behavior: Managing people and organizations (5th edition). Boston. Houghton Mifflin.
    • Wagner, J. A., & Hollenbeck, J. R. (2010). Organizational behavior: Securing competitive advantage. New York: Routledge.
    Recommended readings:

  • Introduction to the study of Organizational Behavior.

    Introduction to the subject.

    Literature and the requirements for the final examination, clarification of the requirements for the case study.

    Organizational Behavior and the area of its examination. The object of Organizational Behavior.

  • The development of knowledge in Organizational Behavior.

    Basic levels of analysis in Organizational Behavior.

    The place of Organizational Behavior in system of sciences.

    Relations between Organizational Behavior and other sciences.

  • The sciences about organization

    Repetition and examination of knowledge about the scope of Organizational Behavior.

    Verifying the processing of topics of case studies.

    Basic ways to use the tools of scientific research in the organizational environment.

  • Development of the views on the Organization and Organizational Behavior.

    The conceptions of power, institutions, social control and the organization in the selected social science concepts.

    A chronological overview on the development of views on the organization and characteristics of the basic theoretical approaches.

  • Research in Organizational Behavior. (seminar)

    The basic possibilities of using the tools of scientific research in the organizational environment.

    Quantitative research, its characteristics and tools.

    Qualitative research and its basic tools.

    Mixed research.

  • The personality of a human in organization.

    The basic socio-psychological approaches to the understanding of personality factors influencing the development of the personality.

    Skills and their impact on the success of the work, knowledge and skills, the concept of intelligence and its importance for employment.

    Basic properties and their manifestations, personality differences in motivational orientation of different people.

    The importance of attitudes and value orientations for the behavior of the people in the organization.

  • Executive Manager. (seminar)

    The objective conditions for the activities of the managers and their dealing with people

    -          The division of labor

    -          The hierarchy of power

    -          Systems of communication and influence in the organization

    -          Principles and methods of remuneration

    The commander-manage worker, a manager, "coach".

    -          Personal quality of manager

    -          Personal business card quality and personal quality indicators

  • Human personality and its cognition. (tutorial)

    Structure of human personality: abilities, skills, knowledge, concept of intelligence, basic qualities (traits), attitudes, motives.

    Some of the basic dimensions of personality (place of control, Machiavellian, A type of behavior, dogmatism, orientation in uncertainty, creativity).

  • Satisfaction at work and work performance. (seminar)

    The relations between work motivation, satisfaction in work and work performance.

    Theoretical approaches to the work motivation.

    Analysis of work satisfaction (applying the tools of scientific research in relation to the study of the work satisfaction and effective influence on working performance).

  • The mission and objectives of the organization.

    Mission, visions and goals of the organization.

    Organizational goals and their types.

    The sharing of organizational goals.

    The structure of the social system of the company (the application of the system approach).

  • The organizational structure and work positions.

    General characteristic of the organizational structure, types of organizational structures.

    The people’s behavior in the organizational structure.

    Changes to the organizational structure, in the concept of job position, job descriptions.

  • Working groups and working teams.

    The work groups and their formation, the general characteristics and types of groups.

    Formal group functions, characters of a small social group, the characteristics and dimensions of the work groups.

    The formation of the work group, the working teams, the autonomous work groups, the top management of the company.

    The behavior of the worker in the work group, social values, social norms, the working positions and roles.

  • Types of work groups and their formation. (tutorial)

    Differentiation of the basic types of groups, functions of groups, description and characteristics of groups.

    Phases of group formation.

  • Management styles, leadership.

    The development of the theories of management styles and leaderhip.

    Effectiveness of the leader work, features of succesful leaders.

    Effective and ineffective ways of behavior, typology of managers.

  • Seminar on leadership.

    Fundamental theoretical concepts and ideas about leadership and people management.

    Identifying effective and ineffective ways of behavior and determine a possible typology of managers.

    Possible approaches in the areas of people management, their influence with regard to the efficiency and effectiveness of the activities of the performance of managers.

  • The dynamics of organizational relationships and conflicts.

    Cocept of social role. The power and the tools of its preservation.

    The general definition of the conflicts, the most common causes of conflicts.

    The positive and negative effects of conflicts.

    Typology of conflicts.

    Conflict management policies.

  • Organizational culture.

    Organizational (firm) culture and approaches to it.

    Strong and weak organizational (firm) culture.

    The formation and maintenance of organizational (firm) culture.

    Elements of the culture.

    Types of organizational (firm) cultures.

    The transformation of the organizational (firm) culture.

  • Conflict solution in the organization.

    What is the role, what is the function of person, who defines role, and problems associated with the roles.

    Defining the causes of conflicts and the distinction of positive and negative effects of conflicts.

    Practicing the principles of conflict management with selected techniques.

  • Organizational processes (communication, power, decision-making).

    The core and the importance of the fundamental processes in organizations and affecting the efficiency of their functioning.

    The power in organization.

    Systems of communication in organization. Decalogue of communication.

    Decision-making processes.

  • Presentation of case studies.

    The presentation of individual case studies of students according to the teacher's instructions, and subsequent discussion moderated by a student in cooperation with the teacher.