Journal article
What Do We Teach in Organizational Behavior? An Analysis of MBA Syllabi
Journal of management education, Vol.37(4), pp.447-471
08/01/2013
DOI: 10.1177/1052562913486469
Abstract
This study examines the syllabi of 241 required organizational behavior (OB) related classes in full-time U.S. MBA programs. Syllabi were coded for information about course title, topics, readings, cases, teaching methods, and learning assessment methods. Results revealed that the most frequent topics listed across courses are leadership and groups or teams. There was considerable diversity in assigned books, readings, and cases, with only a small number of books (2), readings (15), or cases (5) assigned in 10 or more courses within our sample. Assessment of student learning was conducted via (in order of importance for final student grades) testing, individual writing, class participation, group writing, group presentation, and individual presentation. Private, ranked MBA programs were more likely to offer more than one OB-related course, usually management plus leadership, or OB plus leadership. Implications of these findings for OB teaching are discussed, along with suggestions for future research.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- What Do We Teach in Organizational Behavior? An Analysis of MBA Syllabi
- Creators
- Kenneth G. Brown - Univ Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 USASteven D. Charlier - Quinnipiac UniversitySara L. Rynes - University of IowaAndrew Hosmanek - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of management education, Vol.37(4), pp.447-471
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/1052562913486469
- ISSN
- 1052-5629
- eISSN
- 1552-6658
- Number of pages
- 25
- Grant note
- Management Education Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship ; Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984371085202771
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