Chair, C.H. Sandage School of Business
Professor of Business Administration
Sam Walton Fellow
Graceland University, 1 University Place, Lamoni, IA 50140
Jeffery W. McElroy, Ed.D.
Organizational Behavior
Course Purpose
This course examines the human aspects of an organization. The most basic objectives of the course are to provide students with a broad introduction to the field of Organizational Behavior in a realistic, practical manner. Students will be exposed to key areas including team building, conflict management, communication, organizational politics & ethical decision making.
Reflective Statement Interpreting IOTA Evaluations
Overall the student evaluations are quite positive (see IOTA below). Students ranked me as an excellent teacher with a score of 4.6 on a scale of 0-5. Student comments also reflect that they agree with my teaching methods I continue to focus on experiential real-world learning via industry leader guest speakers. I believe I am doing a good job varying my teaching methods and the IOTAs reflected this.
Learning Outcomes
Students should have a solid understanding of the major decision areas in Organizational Behavior including how to interact effectively with others, how to succeed in organizations, being a team player, building trust, managing conflict, negotiating, communicating, influencing and leading others, self-management, making ethical decisions, avoiding group-think, listening, dealing with organizational politics, handling change & managing stress and how these major decision areas influence morale, efficiency and ultimately profitability.