Organisational behaviour
Associate Professor Michael Knowles, Ms Kinga Könczey and Mr Ken Reed
6 points * One 3-hour session per week * First, second semester * Clayton, city * Prohibition: MGC1030 (formerly GSM1030)
Synopsis This subject examines the functioning of organisations in our society as social as well as economic institutions and studies individual and group behaviour within these institutions. Social systems theory provides the general framework within which the subject is developed.
Assessment Written (assignments 4000 words): 50% * Examination (2 hours): 50%
Recommended texts
Bailey J and others Managing organizational behaviour 2nd edn, Jacaranda Wiley, 1991
Handy C B Understanding organizations Penguin, 1992
Knowles M Organisational behaviour Harper Educational, 1990
Schein E H Organizational psychology 3rd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1988