This is the organization behavior course. Having been in mid-level management, it was nice to have official terms for some of the things I have experienced. Anywho, on to the course itself. Follow the course of study to the letter. This is a good course if you haven't been back to school in a while. Read the chapters, and don't let the first section beat you down as it is 3 chapters in the book. There are a lot of terms. The rest of the course subsections are only 1 or 2 chapters long each. Do the practice tests. Grade them with the lectures. If you aren't good at tests, listen to the lecture on how to eliminate obviously wrong answers. Mr. Jividen takes time to help you on this technique throughout all of the sections. If you are good at testing, fast-play will be your friend. Review the key areas (groups, teams, and the org section). Test. Its the Kryterion one so its a home test for most. Move along.
I made about 40 5*7" notecards for this one. I like putting an entire topics on a card. I write smallish. example, one card for me was the 5 stages of group formation. Another was the 4 types of decision making in group or whatever it is called (Face-to-face, brain-storming, Nominal, and virtual). I put a few comments about little subsection. I use traditional cards. My eyes are old and tired and staring at the screen at night hurts after reading it all day.
I found the material entertaining, but i enjoy people watching and observing things. If you don't enjoy understanding (or at least the attempt to understand) the human aspect of life within a business environment, well, this will not be your cup of tea.
