This subject is designed to provide the candidate with an introduction to psychological and behavioural approaches to the study of work and organisations. The course introduces some of the basic analytical tools and concepts from the field of organisation behaviour and work psychology that encourage an understanding of the behaviour of individuals and groups in the workplace.
Topics to be studied include:
• The nature of organizational behaviour
• Approaches to work, organization & management
• Understanding perception, learning & personality
• The psychological contract
• Theories of motivation
• Job satisfaction
• The key factors in job design
• Groups and their functions
• Roles in work groups
• Building groups into teams
• The communication process
• Using communication channels in organizations
• The barriers to communication
• Improving communication in organizations
• Factors influencing interpersonal relations
• Improving interpersonal relations in organizations
• Approaches to leadership
• Difference between managers and leaders
• Transformational vs. Transactional leadership
• Definition of power
• Bases of power
• Factors that influence power in organizations
• Organizational politics
• How power and politics can be moral
• The functions of organizational culture
• How members read their organisation’s culture
• Managing organizational culture
• The factors that cause change
• Why change is often resisted
• Managing the planned change process

Action Learning. Learning is achieved by engaging students in activities that have elements of problem solving combined with intentional learning.

Authentic Learning. Students will be presented with activities that are framed around "real life" contexts in which students will find learning more meaningful and motivating. Thus they will be more engaged in the process of acquiring knowledge..

Assessment strategy will be both formative and summative. Formative assessment strategies are used to test the current level of understanding and progress and to provide feedback to teacher and learner and to guide the next phase of learning. Types of formative assessments for this course will be discussions on tutorial questions, short quizzes and assignments. Summative assessment is used both in the mid and at the end of the programme formally to assess a learner’s skill, knowledge and understanding gained in this course.

For this module formative assessment will be undertaken through regular completion of tutorial work along with quizzes to check knowledge and understanding of basic concepts within accounting. To prepare students for the end of module summative exam, a mid semester test will take place under exam conditions.

Group presentation (15 minutes) - 30%
Learning outcomes 1 & 2.

Final Individual Assignment (1200 words) - 70%
Learning outcomes 1,2,3 & 4.

BUV VLE

Main Texts:
George, J.M. & Jones, G.R 2008, Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior, 5th edition, Pearson, New Jersey.

Additional Texts:
Bloisi W.C. & Hunsaker P (2006), Management and Organisational Behaviour, McGraw-Hill
Brooks, I (2006) Organisational Behaviour: Individuals, Groups and Organisation, Pearson
Kreitner R & Kinicki A (2008), Organisational Behaviour, McGraw-Hill

1. EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTIVATION THEORIES AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
Knowledge and Understanding, Application, Communication.

2. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR WITHIN THE FIELD OF BUSINESS.
Knowledge and Understanding.

3. EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE BEHAVIOUR OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS.
Analysis, Problem Solving.

4. EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CULTURE ON BUSINESS SUCCESS.
Application.