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One of the Universities in China is reviewing their curriculum for its undergraduate studies in Management. A point of review is whether OB should be a pre-requisite for OT. They are two different disciplines and some argue that it should while others hold a different opinion. Certainly, OB should be a pre-requisite of OD but for OT, some hold different opinion. If you have taught both OT and OB or have similar considerations in the above, your practice and experience will be appriciated.

Aaron Pun
EdD DPhil
(Aaron.pun@utoronto.ca)

As an undergrad, I took a course called, "Organizational Theory & Behaviour."
(OTB).

Clive Muir

In a message dated 2/16/00 6:54:31 AM Pacific Standard Time,
apun@CITY.TORONTO.ON.CA writes:
> One of the Universities in China is reviewing their curriculum for its
> undergraduate studies in Management. A point of review is whether OB should
> be a pre-requisite for OT...

At University of Alaska Southeast, we have separate OB and OT
for undergrads (our MBAs take a combined OB/OT course). Neither
is a prereq for the other.Seems to work OK, tho I find that studnts
who take OB first often give "OB" answers to OT questions. I
attribute part of it to not being able to zoom out and see the macro
perspective of OT.

Dave Ackerman



> One of the Universities in China is reviewing their curriculum for its
> undergraduate studies in Management. A point of review is whether OB
> should be a pre-requisite for OT. They are two different disciplines and
> some argue that it should while others hold a different opinion.
> Certainly, OB should be a pre-requisite of OD but for OT, some hold
> different opinion. If you have taught both OT and OB or have similar
> considerations in the above, your practice and experience will be
> appriciated.
>
> Aaron Pun
> EdD DPhil
> (Aaron.pun@utoronto.ca)