TY - JOUR
T1 - What Do We Teach in Organizational Behavior? An Analysis of MBA Syllabi
AU - Brown, Kenneth G.
AU - Charlier, Steven D.
AU - Rynes, Sara L.
AU - Hosmanek, Andrew
N1 - Subscription and open access journals from SAGE Publishing, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
PY - 2013/4/12
Y1 - 2013/4/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Cases
KW - Field of OB
KW - Grading
KW - MBA programs
KW - Organizational behavior
KW - Readings
UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562913486469
U2 - 10.1177/1052562913486469
DO - 10.1177/1052562913486469
M3 - Article
SN - 1052-5629
VL - 37
JO - Journal of Management Education
JF - Journal of Management Education
ER -