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
