units

AZA2460

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 20 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
OfferedSouth Africa Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Mr M Ntantiso

Synopsis

The unit covers some of the core concepts concerned with the behaviour of people in organisations, including topics such as approaches to organisations, work motivation, leadership, organisational change and development and organisational culture. It also explores certain core psychological concepts concerned with the dynamics between people and organisations including employee needs, employee attitudes and employee values. In addition, the use of vocational assessment inventories to determine career choice and selection is examined.

Outcomes

On completion of the unit, the students will be able to:

  1. Discuss the core concepts and terms adopted and investigated by industrial and organisational psychologists.
  2. Explain the legislative framework governing industrial relations in South Africa.
  3. Describe vocational assessment inventories.
  4. Discuss the purpose and limits of employment interviews.
  5. Appraise the practical application of industrial/organisation psychology principles in the workplace.

Assessment

Lecture topic quizzes: 10%
Class participation assignments: 10%
Critical thinking exercises: 30%
Examination: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Mr M Ntantiso

Workload requirements

2 hours lecture contact for 12 weeks
2 hours tutorials contact for 10 weeks
8 hours for private study, including reading of prescribed and recommended literature, review of and familiarisation with a wider range of publications on the core content topics of the unit, work on assignments, preparation for class discussions and presentations.

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Psychology

Prerequisites

AZA1019, AZA1020

Co-requisites

AZA2490, AZA2455, AZA2495

Prohibitions

MGC2230, MGF2111, MGG2230, MGW2230, PSY2112