BUSI5C515: Organisational Behaviour (ONLINE)

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• Organisational Behaviour (TAUGHT)

• This module aims to cover key issues concerning the behaviour of individuals in organisations.

• Introduction to organisation behaviour.
• Individual differences: personal and mental ability.
• Management of attitudes and work motivation.
• Leading others.
• Organisational culture.
• Managing group dynamics and teamwork.
• Decision-making in organisations.
• Trust within organisations.
• An introduction to the management of change.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• By the end of the module students should:
• Have a critical understanding of why employees display different attitudes and patterns of behaviour in the organisational environment.
• Have a critical understanding of how individual-level processes (e.g. personality) and group-level processes (e.g. culture) interact to produce organisational level outcomes.
• Have a critical understanding of the link of major processes, such as leadership, motivation and trust, with individual and organisational outcomes.
• Have a critical understanding of the importance of careful and informed planning and preparation for the success of human resource interventions.
• Have a critical awareness of the fact that appropriate design must be accompanied by careful implementation for the success of a human resource system.

Subject-specific Skills:

• By the end of the module students should:
• Be able to use key organisational behaviour techniques (e.g. goal setting theory of motivation) to design human resource systems that improve individual (e.g. productivity, well-being) and unit (e.g. team cohesion) outcomes.
• Be able to evaluate the merit of academic and professional publications from both a scientific and a practitioners point of view.

Key Skills:

• Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

• The module is delivered via online learning, divided up into study weeks with specially produced resources within each week. Resources vary according to the learning outcomes but normally include: video content, directed reading, reflection through activities, opportunities for self-assessment and peer-to-peer learning within a tutor-facilitated discussion board. Tutors provide feedback on formative work and facilitate discussion board communication as well as being available for individual consultation as necessary (usually by email and Skype).
• The summative assessment of the module is designed to test the acquisition and articulation of knowledge and critical understanding, and skills of application and interpretation within the business context.

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