Overview

This unit introduces students to the fundamentals of management and organisational behaviour in the context of today's global business environment. It examines the major theories and models in areas of communication, group dynamics, individual behaviour and motivation, decision-making, leadership, power and politics, change and resistance, and ethics and social responsibility. It places particular emphasis on the application of theory to dilemmas and issues likely to confront managers today and in the future.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Apply critical and analytical thinking, including a capacity to question existing practices and assumptions, to the study of management and organisations
  • Critically evaluate the theoretical foundations of the fields of management and organisational studies; and place contemporary managerial practices within these theoretical approaches
  • Apply advanced and coherent knowledge of organisational problems and issues relevant to organisations operating in a global and diverse workplace
  • Communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences, and function as an effective member or leader of a team
  • Critically analyse the politics and ethics of managerial and employee behaviour in organisations

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Class		2.00 12 weeks 24
Online
Lecture		1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Swinburne Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning		12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
ProjectGroup 10 - 20% 1,2,3,4 
ReportIndividual 40 - 60% 1,2,3,5 
Report and PresentationGroup 30 - 40% 1,3,4,5 

Content

  • Models in areas of communication, group dynamics, individual and group behaviour and motivation, decision-making, leadership, power and politics, change and resistance, and ethics and social responsibility
  • Introduction to organisational behaviour approaches including critical management thinking,  paradigms and  theories
  • Applications of organisational behaviour theories to dilemmas and issues likely to confront managers today and in the future
  • The politics and ethics of managerial and employee behaviour in organisations
  • Organisational problems and issues relevant to organisations operating in a global and diverse workplace

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.