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MSc Management and Information Systems: Change and Development (Distance Learning)
Year of entry: 2023
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Course unit details:
Organisational Behaviour
Unit code | MGDI70040 |
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Credit rating | 15 |
Unit level | FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
Offered by | Global Development Institute |
Available as a free choice unit? | Yes |
Overview
1. What is Organizational Behaviour? Perception, attribution and stereotyping
2. Personality, culture and gender conceptual
3. Communication
4. Motivation
5. Leadership
6. Groups and teams
7. Metaphors and organisations as machines
8. Organizational Design
Aims
' to present models of Organizational Behaviour (OB) that can be applied to the participants' own workplace
- to explore the context in which OB was developed, and the usefulness of applying
OB theories to developing and transitional countries, and to the public sector
- to discuss the interests of different stakeholders in the workplace
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course unit participants should be able to:
- describe a wide range of approaches to organizational behaviour
- discuss critically the relevance of that literature to understanding behaviour in their own organizations and countries
- analyse issues of behaviour in organizations
- apply theory usefully to their own management practice
Teaching and learning methods
Distance Learning Mode including weekly online tutorials
Assessment methods
One 3,500 word essay (90%)
Tutorial participation (max 10%)
- Student must engage with minimum of 4/8 tutorials, including at least 1 synchronous tutorial (5%)
- Student must engage with minimum of 6/8 tutorials, including at least 1 synchronous tutorial (10%)
Re-sit Assessment: One 3,500 word essay (100%)
Recommended reading
Course unit textbooks
Andrzej A. Hucznynski and David A. Buchanan (2007) Organizational Behaviour (sixth edition), Pearce Education Ltd.
Additional notes
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MGDI Programmes on which course unit is offered:
MSc Human Resource Management and Development (via Distance Learning) and MSc Management and Information Systems: Change and Development (via Distance Learning)