[MOBTS-L] [External] Re: Course Titles for Organizational Behavior

Mon Oct 19 21:59:33 MDT 2020

My situation is exactly like Tracey's.  Same class name and difference in
coverage depending on who teaches it (and I teach it like Tracey does).

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On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 11:40 PM Tracey H Sigler <tsigler at citadel.edu>
wrote:

> Kathi
>
> Our course is called Management & Organizational Behavior. Some of us
> teach it as a management course with an expanded leadership section and
> some of us teach it as an OB course with a little bit about management
> functions.
>
> At my last school (NKU), it was an OB course but the course title was
> Behavior in Organizations.
>
> Tracey
>
> Tracey Honeycutt Sigler, Ph.D.
>
> The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
>
> Associate Professor, Assistant Dean of Assessment,
> Baker School of Business
>
> Bond Hall 287, tsigler at citadel.edu
>
> Associate Editor,* Management Teaching Review*
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:57 PM
> *To:* Kathi Lovelace <kathi.lovelace at menlo.edu>
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> *Subject:* [External] Re: [MOBTS-L] Course Titles for Organizational
> Behavior
>
> We actually don't have an OB course in the Business Core, only in the
> Management major.  The Core course is Introduction to Management &
> Organizations.  For Business students, it is part of our Integrated
> Business Cluster and has a much higher emphasis on teamwork and leaves out
> things like History of Mgt, Operations, and a few other topics.  A similar
> course done as a service course for non-business students is a traditional
> Intro to Mgt course (inch deep mile wide).
>
> I also serve on the state level course equivalencies panel that looks at
> courses at all public universities and community colleges in Ohio.  The
> distinction between OB and Intro to Mgt has been a big challenge.  The
> state standards muddle the two terribly so that neither an Intro to Mgt nor
> an Intro to OB course really matches the learning outcomes that a committee
> from the whole breadth of different types of institutions generated
> (remember the definition of a camel as a horse designed by a committee?)
>
> Gary
>
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 10:51 AM C. Douglas Johnson <cjohnson at ggc.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Kathi,
>
> Our course is still called Organizational Behavior. Also, I think he focus
> area in most doctoral programs is still HR/OB.
>
> At a prior institution where they combined Principles of Management and
> OB, it was called Management and Organizations.
>
> Take care!
>
> Douglas
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 13, 2020, at 1:52 AM, Kathi Lovelace <kathi.lovelace at menlo.edu>
> wrote:
>
> 
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> Hello colleagues,
>
> We are in the process of updating our Business Core curriculum and I am
> seeking examples of what you are calling your Organizational Behavior
> course?
>
> My Dean thinks the "Organizational Behavior" title is outdated. I kind of
> agree but not sure what else to call this course. Most textbooks are still
> titled Organizational Behavior and I don't want to lose the content of
> organizational behavior or title it something that is not descriptive.
>
> I'd like to get your feedback:
> 1. Do you call your OB course something different?
> 2. If your OB course is called OB.... I could make an argument that the OB
> title is not outdated. :-)
>
> Thank you!!
> Best, Kathi
>
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