中大MBA核心课程-OB（组织行为学） PPT.pdf

12/9/2008 Sun Yat-Sen University IMBA 2008 Organizational Behavior Wei He (何威), Ph.D. Associate Professor of Management College of Business Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana U.S.A. Today’s AgendaToday’s Agenda December 8, 2008 st Half 1. Course Overview 2. Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? 3. Introduction: The instructor and the students 2nd Half 1. Kick off the team projects 2. Case study: Ann Taylor Stores Corp. 12/9/2008 IMBA 08 OB 2 HousekeepingHousekeeping • We have a class tomorrow, 9:00-12:10 • Tomorrow’s module will cross over three chapters. Please read the pages indicated in the course schedule (the syllabus, p. 2) • Please carefully read the case “The Career Choice of Ms. Linlin Chen” before class 12/9/2008 IMBA 08 OB 3 1 12/9/2008 Course OverviewCourse Overview 1. What is this course about? 2. How important is this course? 3. How will the class be going? 4. What about assignments and tests? 5. Any special class rules and policies? 6. How is the instructor like? 12/9/2008 IMBA 08 OB 4 What is This Course About? • Managing workforce (inc. OB HRM) is one of the “cornerstone” fields of business education and practice. • OB’s contents: In-depth study of human behavior in the workplace at the indi