Managerial Psychology

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

Approximately 2.5 hours of personal study per hour of class time is required to achieve a satisfactory level of performance

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For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry.

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Businesses are collections of individuals who are organised and cooperate to solve problems. Thus, all business activity has its roots in psychological processes such as individual and group cognition and emotion, personality, and social influence. In this subject we explore the psychological foundations of management practice by focusing on how managerial problems (e.g., high levels of absenteeism; poor collaboration among team members; etc.) can be understood and addressed using different psychological principals.

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Understand the psychological underpinnings of employee and management behaviour;
• Understand how to interpret managerial problems using different psychological theories; and
• Grasp how different management practices shape employee experience and behaviour.

• 2 hour end-of-semester examination (50%);
• 1000 word individual assignment due in week 6 (20%); and
• 2000 word group assignment due in the final week of semester (30%).

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:

• The ability to synthesise and evaluate key theories and their operation in the wider environment;
• Written and verbal communication skills, which should be developed through the preparation of essays and presentations;
• Fundamental skills necessary for teamwork, including negotiation, communication and delegation skills; and
• Effective use of time management.

Students in the Master of Accounting, the Master of Management suite of programs and the Master of Business and Information Technology are eligible to undertake this subject.