Aims

The aims of the course are to:

• Provide students with a broad and critical understanding of the key issues and concepts in Organisational Behavior.
• Stimulate both appreciation and critical consideration of current Organisational Behaviour theory and research.
• Allow students to reflect on their own experience, extrapolate and develop better people skills.
• Facilitate understanding of organizational change and its management.
• Prepare students for future roles in which they need to work with individuals and groups in organisations.

Objectives

As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:

• Understand the central issues in work organizations.
• Understand how these issues have changed over time.
• Understand how these link to practical situations.
• Understand the nature and problems of organizational change.

Content

The philosophy behind the course is that academic concepts can be used as an ‘intellectual tool kit’ - a collection of frameworks and ideas that can be used to critically analyse organizational situations, thereby gaining a better understanding of ‘what is going on’ in order to take appropriate action.  The course will consider: Classical Perspectives on Organisational Behaviour (OB); Micro-Perspectives on OB; Macro-Perspectives on OB; Organizational Change.

• Weber and the Theory of Bureaucracy
• Taylor and Scientific Management
• Human Relations Theory
• Motivation and Job Satisfaction
• Leadership
• Groups in Organisations
• Emotion in Organisations
• Organisational Structure
• Contemporary Management Theory
• Organisational Culture
• Post-Bureaucratic Organisations
• Models of Organisational Change
• Power, Politics and change
• Change: Consequences and concerns

This syllabus contributes to the following areas of the UK-SPEC standard:

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