Advanced Organisational Behaviour

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

144 hours per semester, including self-directed study/research

Admission into MC-COMMGT Master of Commerce (Management), or MC-COMMKT Master of Commerce (Marketing), or PhD with coursework (Management and Marketing)

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This subject provides an advanced level survey of major topics in organisational behaviour [OB] with a focus on identifying emerging areas of research in the field and related disciplines of management, organisational studies, human resource management, and employment relations. Our guiding principle is to examine how our theoretical and practical approach to OB largely depends on which level of analysis we privilege—i.e., the micro, the meso, or the macro. Topics may include individual differences, team processes, conflict, motivation, psychological contracts, creativity and proactive behaviour at work, theories of leadership, social capital, positive psychology, well-being and the dark side of organizational life.

• Analyse current issues in organisational behaviour, their genesis, and their implications;
• Critically evaluate the theories and models that inform those issues;
• Identify was to extend these theories in innovative ways; and
• Understand how these theories can be operationalized in empirically-based research on organisational phenomena.

• Individual assignment of 3000 words, due start of week 10 (30%;
• 3 hour examination, end of semester (40%);
• Class discussion and presentation (oral 15 minute and a set of questions to lead discussion on topic), due in a designated week throughout the semester (15%);
• Class participation (active participation in class discussions), throughout the semester (15%).

You will be advised of prescribed texts by your lecturer.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• High level of development: written communication; statistical reasoning; evaluation of data and other information; accessing data and other information from a range of sources.
• Moderate level of development: oral communication; collaborative learning; problem solving; team work; application of theory to practice; interpretation and analysis; critical thinking; synthesis of data and other information; use of computer software; receptiveness to alternative ideas.