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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer for ONLINE class
Brett White
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(Admission to MBA or PGDipMgt or GradDipMgt or GradCertMgt or MSusDev or MSocEntre) or (admission to MAppFin or MAppFin(Adv) and (AFCP801 or AFCP8001))
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Organisational Behaviour (OB) is a multi-disciplinary field that uses insights from psychology, anthropology, philosophy and sociology to study human behaviour in organisational settings. In this unit, students critically examine insights into human behaviour to better manage and improve organisational performance and capability, with an emphasis on ethical management and a global mindset. The unit covers the micro, meso and marco perspectives of OB as well as contemporary issues in OB. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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Extensions and Penalties:
No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission – 20% penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved. No submission will be accepted after solutions/results/feedback have been posted.
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McShane, S., Olekalns, M., Newman, A. & Travaglione, T., Organisational Behaviour Emerging Knowledge Global Insights with Connect access, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2018, ISBN: 9781760423391
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Access to a personal computer and internet connection is required to access learning material/resources online on Macquarie University's online learning management system called iLearn.
The class iLearn page for this unit is located at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/. You must be enrolled in this class to see the class iLearn page.
Lecture Slides will be provided to students only in soft-copy format via the class iLearn page. You must be enrolled in this class to see these items in the class iLearn page.
Readings are provided to students only in soft-copy format via the class iLearn page. You must be enrolled in this class to see these items in the class iLearn page.
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Please only attend the class you are enrolled in as reflected in your e-Student account. This unit will be presented over 10 sessions as follows.
Live class webinar sessions are scheduled from: 600pm to 730pm of every Thursday starting from 9 January 2020 (session 1) until 12 March 2020 (session 10). |
(The proposed program might be subject to some minor changes as the term progresses (TBA)).
Session | Topics |
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1 |
Introduction to Organisational Behaviour |
2 |
Foundations of Individual Behaviour |
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Motivation in Organisations |
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Communication in Organisations |
5 |
Dynamics of Effective Teams |
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Power and Influence |
7 |
Leadership and its Development |
8 |
CSR and Ethical Decision-Making |
9 |
Organisational Structure/Culture |
10 |
Change and Organisations |
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