BMGT43570 Management and Organisational Behaviour

Academic Year 2016/2017

Organisational Behaviour (OB) is about the complex relationship & social dynamics between individuals, functional management, teams & networks and attendant behaviour, in the workplace and beyond.
This course explores the often curious world of human behaviour in groups, organisations, and the workplace. Why do people behave as they do? Why do we sometimes behave differently in an structured organisational setting than we would as individuals? Why is it hard to change behaviour and what are the challenges faced within that process? And why do leaders and managers often fail to get the outcomes they seek?
It explores issues like individual differences, teamwork, motivation, culture, communication, organisational power &politics, leadership & responsibility, conflict and change management. OB insights can be used to diagnose problems, increase effectiveness, influence outcomes, question assumptions, situate management practices, advance human interests, or simply to better understand and interpret what is going on.
In this module, we pay particular attention to interpersonal behaviour, the management of relationships within organisational structures and the dynamics of change, its processes & challenges, leadership & management

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Better observe and interpret organisational life, it’s relationships and behaviours.
2. Relate this to how work is structured, organised and managed and explore outcomes and underlying
beliefs of culture.
3. Explain and discuss theories of individual behaviour, group dynamics, team, network and
organisational processes
4. Reflect on your assumptions about behaviour, your work experiences, and how you can influence
and are influenced by the structure, managerial relations, culture, conflict and constant change of
work organisations.
5. Explore and deepen your skills of communication, interpersonal, teamwork and presentational
skills.
6. Show evidence of knowledge and ability to employ new tools and techniques for analysing
processing and advocating resolutions to organisational behavioural challenges.

Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Autonomous Student Learning

130

Total

154

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.



 
Description % of Final Grade Timing
Continuous Assessment: Continuous Assessment

100

Throughout the Trimester

Compensation

This module is not passable by compensation

Resit Opportunities

In-semester assessment

Remediation

A large scale individual project will be assigned to students who are required to re-sit.

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