Leader: Dr Giles Hirst

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2008 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2008 (Evening)

Synopsis

The unit takes a positive and appreciative approach, presenting supportable practices and interventions to help understand and develop more positive and productive individual, team and organisational behaviours and outcomes. A range of relevant issues will be addressed at the organisational, environmental, team and individual levels including: the employment relationship, reward systems, positive organisational behaviours, learning, leadership, teamwork, technology, emotions, culture and diversity.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• describe and discuss the major theories and concepts that pertain to understanding behaviour in organisations;
• describe and discuss contemporary perspectives in Organisational Behaviour, including the Positive Organisational Behaviour approach to this field;
• engage with the relevant research literature, and draw on that literature to make plausible, evidence-based predictions about how environmental factors may influence organisational behaviour;
• examine the role of Organisational Behaviour theory in enhancing both individual and organisational effectiveness.

Assessment

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

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

MGF1010

Prohibitions

MGC2230, MGW2230