Organizational Behavior Management

Catalog description

This course applies Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) principles to organizational settings through the framework of Organizational Behavior Management (OBM). You will examine how performance systems, supervisory practices, and organizational contingencies influence staff behavior and effectiveness in human service organizations and related community settings. Emphasis is placed on the selection, implementation, and evaluation of behavior-change procedures used to improve employee performance, supervision outcomes, and organizational effectiveness. Topics include performance measurement, feedback and reinforcement systems, function-based selection of behavior-change interventions, implementation of performance improvement strategies in supervisory contexts, and systematic evaluation of behavior-change outcomes. Instruction emphasizes data-based decision-making, ethical application, and the systematic implementation of behavior-change procedures within OBM and supervision settings.