Tuesday, July 8, 2025

First Class (July 8, 2025): Course and Syllabus Overview; Introduction to Organizational Behavior

Today is the first day of class.  The title of today's session is "Course and Syllabus Overview; Introduction to Organizational Behavior."

I start each class by sharing the agenda. Here's what's on the agenda for today:

  • Today’s organizing questions. These serve to prompt the students to think about what I hope they'll take away from the session. There are three for today's class: 1) What’s this course about? 2) Why is it important? 3) What are the requirements? 4) What is organizational behavior? 5) How can we see it in action?
  • Set stage for my students' educational experience. As my students are new to the Naval Postgraduate School, I'll discuss how their experience here will differ from their undergraduate educational experience. 
  • Review course requirements. 
  • Review organization behavior core concepts. 
  • Discuss Ancol Corp. case study.
  • Review items due next class (7/10/25).
I'll discuss how today's classes went in my next blog post.