5698 (v.5) Organisational Behaviour 550

Area:	Graduate School of Business
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	This unit focuses on organisational behaviour at an individual, group and organisational level, encompassing issues that are changing the way work is conducted, organised and managed today. It looks at topics such as personality, perception, motivation and leadership, group and team processes, communication, organisational politics and conflict management, organisational culture, and organisational development and change. It aims to build students' understanding of how to manage organisations and improveorganisational functions, by focusing on these human aspects of work within Australia and the global community. Through the analysis of local and international case studies and individual and group exercises, students gain knowledge of practical and theoretical approaches adopted by organisations to improve and enhance the quality of life in the workplace. The unit also focuses on building students' skills in academic writing and research required at postgraduate level in business.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	080300 Business and Management (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Fully Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2008	Perth City Campus	Trimester 1	Y
2008	Perth City Campus	Trimester 1	Y
2008	Perth City Campus	Trimester 1		Y
2008	Perth City Campus	Trimester 1	Y
2008	Perth City Campus	Semester 1	Y
2008	Perth City Campus	Trimester 2	Y
2008	Perth City Campus	Trimester 2	Y
2008	Perth City Campus	Trimester 2		Y
2008	Perth City Campus	Trimester 3		Y
2008	Perth City Campus	Trimester 3	Y
2008	Miri Sarawak Campus	Trimester 1	Y
2008	Miri Sarawak Campus	Trimester 2	Y
2008	Miri Sarawak Campus	Trimester 3	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External