Year No. Offer Mode Description Cred. Pts 01 51004 S1 D ORGANS'L BEHAVIOUR & MANGT 1.00
This unit provides students with a management perspective on organisational behaviour. Organisational behaviour is a field of study that specifically focuses on the impact that people have on organisational effectiveness and efficiency. The impact of behaviour is considered at three levels. First, at the level of the individual, attributes and processes such as personality, motivation, perception, job satisfaction and job performance are identified and the managerial implications for motivating employees are considered. Second, at the group level, the important attributes of group dynamics are identified and the managerial implications for developing teams, influencing outcomes, and resolving conflicts are considered. Third, at the organisation-wide level of analysis, structure, culture and change are considered as major challenges to managers for achieving quality outcomes. At the three different levels of analysis, managers are concerned with the behavioural implications for achieving goals on the one hand, and adapting goals so that organisations are relevant to their environments on the other hand. Students are concerned with understanding these behavioural implications. The study of organisational behaviour must thus be seen as an essential foundation for a professional business education.
Our overall aim is to contribute to students' current or
future ability to be good managers. This is an introductory
unit. The purpose is to give students an initial introduction
to the strategies, techniques and knowledge that managers and
other professionals require in order to contribute to
individual employee performance and satisfaction; develop and
lead high performance work groups or teams; and design new
organisations or change existing organisations in order to
meet organisation goals. These objectives have been written to
emphasise practical strategies that can be applied to specific
examples. These are the goals or end points. In order to apply
these strategies, there are specific concepts, definitions and
theories that students need to learn. So the objectives
consist of two levels: (1) the strategies and (2) the theory
that forms the building blocks to understanding these
strategies. By the end of this unit students should be able
to:
Description Weighting(%)
- Introduction to Organisation Behaviour and Management 5.00
- Individual Performance: Characteristics of individuals 15.00
- Individual Performance: Motivation 15.00
- Group Performance: Group dynamics and team development 15.00
- Group Performance: Leadership, power and conflict 15.00
- Organisations: Structure and design 15.00
- Organisations: Culture 10.00
- Organisations: Change 10.00
Smith, B. & Summers, J. (eds) 2000, Faculty of Business Communication
Skills Handbook, 3rd edn, Faculty of Business, USQ, Toowoomba, Qld.
Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the unit and enrich their learning experience.
Ivancevich, J., Olekalns, M. and Matteson, M. 1997, Organisational
Behaviour and Management, Irwin, Sydney, 1997.
Vecchio, R., Hearn, G., Southey, G. 1996, Organisational Behaviour,
2nd edn, Harcourt Brace, Sydney.
Wood, J.M. et.al., 1998, Organisational Behaviour: An Asia-pacific
Perspective, Jacaranda Wiley, Milton, Qld.
ACTIVITY HOURS Directed Study 90 Private Study 65 Assessments 10
No *F/S Marks Due Description Wtg(%) LBL WWW 1 S 100.00 02/04/01 CMA TEST 5.00 N N 2 S 100.00 12/04/01 WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1 15.00 Y N 3 S 100.00 18/05/01 WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 2 30.00 Y N 4 S 10.00 ATTENDANCE WORKSHOP 10.00 Y N 5 S 40.00 END S1 2 HOUR END OF SEMESTER EXAM 40.00 N N
1 To pass this unit students must obtain a pass in the written
assignments - normally that is at least 22.5/45 for the total of
Assignments 1 and 2. You must also pass the exam - normally that
is a total of at least 20/40 on the exam. You must pass the
assignments in aggregate and the examination to be eligible to
pass.
2 The due date of an assignment is the date by which a student must
despatch the assignment to the University, and is normally that
defined in the relevant unit specification. The onus is on the
student to provide, if requested, proof of date of despatch.
3 Students should organise their affairs to ensure that they meet
due dates for all assignments. Extensions will be granted only
under exceptional extenuating circumstances, normally involving a
significant medical condition.
4 All assignments despatched after due dates without appropriate
extension approvals or after approved extension dates may be
penalised up to a maximum of 20% of the assigned mark per work
day.
5 Students must retain a copy of all assignments which must be
provided if/when required by the Unit Leader.
6 Mobile telephones and other electronic media are not permitted in
exam venues.