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| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Gold Coast | | |
| Melbourne | N/A | |
| Melbourne - The Hotel School | | |
| Online | | |
| Perth | N/A | |
| Sydney | N/A | |
| Sydney - The Hotel School | | |
Unit description
This unit introduces students to work and worker behaviour; behaviour at work; group and organisational behaviour; links between behaviour and organisational restructure; tasks and job design; administrative hierarchy; job satisfaction and worker adjustment; stress and other factors related to the environment of work; values associated with work behaviour.
Unit content
Module 1: Organisations and the individual
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Management and organisational behaviour: an overview
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Linking attitudes to workplace behaviour
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Personality and values: understanding individual worker differences
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Perception and decision-making
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Motivation in the workplace
Module 2: Interpersonal and group processes
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Understanding and managing inter-group dynamics
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Managing collaboration and conflict
Module 3: The organisational system
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Organisational structure and design
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Organisational culture and ethical behaviour
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Managing organisational change and development.
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: |
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| 1 | critically analyse the determinants of workplace behaviour
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| 2 | discuss how organisational effectiveness is influenced by diversity of the internal and external environment
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| 3 | apply problem solving and decision making techniques to the organisational context |
| 4 | describe the processes associated with effective communication, motivation, and managing people through collaboration and conflict in an organisational context |
| 5 | evaluate and discuss issues relevant to the study of organisational design, culture and change. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- critically analyse the determinants of workplace behaviour
- discuss how organisational effectiveness is influenced by diversity of the internal and external environment
- apply problem solving and decision making techniques to the organisational context
- describe the processes associated with effective communication, motivation, and managing people through collaboration and conflict in an organisational context
- evaluate and discuss issues relevant to the study of organisational design, culture and change.
Prescribed texts
- It is expected that students will have access to a copy of the prescribed text (either hardcopy or electronic) throughout the session: Robbins, SP, Judge, TA, Edwards, M, Sandiford, P, Fitzgerald, M & Hunt, J., 2020, Organisational Behaviour, 9th edn, Pearson, Melbourne, Australia. ISBN: 978-1-4886-2068-3.
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.