Groups and types of groups, their functions, stages of group development, reasons of joining groups.
Group Processes
Conformity, deviance, cohesiveness, social loafing and facilitation, cooperation and competition.
Interpersonal attraction and Social Relationship
Attraction, similarity and liking, measurement issues- Sociometry.
Group Communication
Process, formal and informal communication, verbal and non-verbal patterns of communication, social networks, rumors, and grapevine.
Interactive Behavior
Conflict and resolution strategies, transactional analysis, JOHARI window.
Group leadership
Leadership Styles-Autocratic, Democratic, and Laissez-faire leadership styles; Characteristics of various types of group leaders, Contingency models of leadership (Fiedler, Path – Goal, Leader Participation Model of Leadership), and Contemporary models of leadership (Leader-Member Exchange, Situational, and Transactional and Transformational Models of leadership).
rganizational Justice, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Meaning and forms of organizational justice. Ethical behavior in organizations and difference between morals and ethics, the guiding principle of global ethics, factors promoting ethical and unethical behavior, Corporate Social Responsibility-meaning and its types, forms of socially responsible behavior, and the virtuous circle
Positive Organizational Scholarship
Definition, the principle of POS, the scope of POS (Organizational Resilience, Meaning in work; Virtuousness, Engagement, Appreciative Inquiry, Mindfulness at work and well-being at work)