Portland-State-University 2026-2027 Bulletin

BA 302 Organizational Behavior

Focuses on issues that are relevant to the three levels of organizational behavior (i.e., individual, group, and organizational). Key topics include: the nature and dynamics of teams, personal values and employee job attitudes, communication, conflict resolution, motivation, leadership, decision making, employee effectiveness, and the impact of organizational level issues such as policies, structure, design, and culture. Techniques used to facilitate learning may include role plays, cases, presentations, organizational simulations, teamwork, and/or term research papers.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

BA 300 or BA 205 or concurrent registration with BA 300
  • Up one level
  • 300