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Organizational Behavior in Educational Institutions

Course Description: This course covers the definition of organizational behavior in educational institutions, its historical development, and contemporary theories. It explores the meaning of perception and its influencing factors, as well as the roles required to achieve desired goals. The course also addresses the nature and importance of the learning process, motivation, its processes, and theories. It delves into personality, its traits, components, and influencing factors, and examines work groups in educational sectors, their formation, conflicts, and how they can be managed. Finally, it discusses leadership traits suitable for the needs and demands of work, which can be used to cope with work pressures and foster organizational development in educational institutions. .

Credit hours: 3

Objectives of the course :

The course aims to introduce the student to the importance of organizational behavior in educational institutions, its historical development, and the theories that have addressed the science of behavior. It also covers perception and its importance to behavior, and the role of the environment and the individual in the perception process. The course explores learning, how it can be acquired, transferred, and applied, and motivation, including its concepts, theories, and applications. It also examines personality, its traits, components, and the factors influencing its formation. Additionally, the course delves into psychological attitudes regarding persuasion and job satisfaction. It further covers work groups in educational institutions, their formation, types, causes of conflict, and how to resolve it. It examines leadership behavior, its patterns, and theories. Finally, the course addresses patterns and types of organizational development, its causes and motivations, and how it can be directed towards change.

Course outputs :

1- Knowledge and understanding:
The student knows the concepts of organizational behavior, its roles, and its outcomes.
The student understands the meaning, importance, roles, and administrative applications of perception.
The student reviews the nature of learning and its importance, and how behavior can be acquired, reinforced, and transferred to reality. .
The student reviews motivational processes, their theories, and their managerial applications. .
The student understands the concept of personality, its traits, components, influencing factors, its relationship to performance and behavior, and how it can be measured. .
The student understands the components of work groups in educational institutions, how to create cohesion within them, form work teams, manage conflict, and resolve disputes. .
The student understands leadership and its impact on behavior, as well as theories supporting leadership behavior. .
The student knows organizational development, the drivers and resistance to it, how to manage change, and appropriate training methods. .
2- Skills:
The student understands the differences between organizational behavior and its outcomes. .
The student compares the roles of perception and its administrative applications. .
The student analyzes the nature of learning, behavior acquisition, reinforcement, and its transfer to practical application. .
The student uses motivational processes and their theories to achieve success. .
The student analyzes the personalities of individuals in educational institutions and their performance styles. .
The student analyzes the formation of work groups, the causes of conflict, and disputes.
3 Values:
The student masters self-research skills.
The student adheres to the ethics of scientific research.
Students are diligent in their interactions with peers and work teams to accomplish various activities.
The student respects the opinion of others and adheres to constructive criticism.

Additional information:

Learning Resources and Facilities
1. List of learning resources:
First: The main references for the course:
1. Filieh, Farouk Abdo, and Abdelmajeed, Mohammed (2005), Organizational Behavior in Educational Institutions Management. Amman. Dar Al Masirah. .
2. Maher, Ahmed (2011) Organizational Behavior: An Approach to Skill Building, Dar Al-Jama'a, Alexandria (2012). .
Jaldo'a, Samer (2009). Organizational Behavior and Modern Management Theories. Amman. Dar Osama.
II. Supporting References:
1. Al-Shubaybi, Hashem Ibrahim (2003) Organizational Learning: Modern Trends in Organizational Behavior. Egyptian Central Agency for Organization and Administration. .
2. Al-Maghribi, Kamel Mohammed (2004). Organizational Behavior: Concepts and Foundations in Organizations. (Translated and Reviewed by: Rifai Mohammed and Ismail Ali Basayouni). Riyadh: Dar Al-Mareekh. .
3. Alqatawneh, Manar Ibrahim (2009) Organizational Climate and Its Impact on Creative Behavior: A Field Study of Managers in Jordanian Ministries. Journal of Education for Educational and Psychological Research. Faculty of Education. Al-Azhar University. .
4. El-Sayed, Mokhtar Abdel Gawad (2001). Developing School Organizational Behavior in Light of the Information Revolution. The Ninth Annual Conference. Educational Administration in the Arab World. Egypt. .
5. Assi, Thabet Ali (2008). Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Employees. A Field Study at the Technical Education Authority. Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Administrative and Economic Sciences. .
6. Al-Badrani, Hussein Mohamed (2012). The Impact of Organizational Learning on Enhancing Creative Behavior Among Employees in the Education Directorate. Master's Thesis. Mutah University. .
7. Al-Jaber, Reem Abdulrahman (2016) Organizational Citizenship Behavior in the General Administration of Education in Riyadh Region. Journal of the College of Education. Assiut University.
Attari, Aref (2000) Adaptive behavior of professionals: A field study of the adaptive behavior of faculty members at the Islamic University. Journal of the Association of Arab Universities. .
9. Haider Sattar (2016) Top Management Support for Ethical Behavior and Its Impact on Combating Organizational Corruption. A Field Study in the Education Sector. Scientific Journal of Business and Environmental Studies. .
10. Mut'ib, Hamed Kadhim (2007). The Role of Organizational Climate in Enhancing Knowledge Sharing Behavior in Educational Institutions. Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Administrative and Economic Sciences. .
11. Al-Arjani, Musa Assaed (2016). The reality of organizational silence behavior among elementary school teachers in Al-Aridhat Governorate from their perspective. Journal of Education for Educational, Psychological and Social Research. .
12. Al-Harahsheh, Mohammed Aboud (2012) The Degree of Practicing Organizational Citizenship Behavior and its Relationship to Organizational Loyalty Among Employees in Education Directorates. Mu'tah for Research and Studies. Mu'tah University. .
Saud, Ratib Salamah (2008) Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Faculty Members in Jordanian Universities and its Relationship with Some Variables. Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences. College of Education. University of Bahrain. .
14. July, Bassam Salah (2004) Organizational behavior and its relationship to some job variables among school leaders in general secondary education. Doctoral dissertation. Al-Azhar University. .
`15. Abayinah, Khitam Abdulkareem (2008). The behavior of organizational hypocrisy among public secondary school principals in Jordan and its relationship to leadership styles. Doctoral dissertation. Amman Arab University.` .
16. Al-Momani, Khaled Suleiman (2017). The level of organizational citizenship behavior among faculty members at King Faisal University. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Educational and Psychological Research and Studies. Palestine. .
Third: Electronic Sources:
The Saudi Digital Library (Arabic and International Databases).
Dar Al-Manzuma.
3. Educational scientific circles' locations.
Fourth: Other:
Additional educational materials such as software, CDs, and professional standards and regulations related to the course.

Last Updated: 2026-05-11