Leader: Associate Professor Margaret Lindorff

Offered

Clayton First semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides a framework for understanding the behaviour of people at work. Its fields of analysis include the individual, the group, and the total organisation. The unit provides information on human factors that influence individual and organisational effectiveness such as differences in perception, personality, motivation, leadership styles and others. The study of organisational behaviour is based upon social science methods and links with other studies in behavioural sciences such as management, human resource management, sociology and psychology.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• define the nature and purpose of the field of organisational behaviour;
• distinguish the major theories used to explain the behaviour of people in organisations;
• identify the major factors influencing individual and group behaviour in organisations;
• read and critically evaluate published research in the field of organisational behaviour.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination (2 hours): 40%

Contact hours

Three hours of class contact

Prerequisites

MGC1010

Prohibitions

MGF2111, MGW2230