| Semester 1, 2020 Online | |
| Short Description: | Organisational Behaviour |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Management and Enterprise |
| Student contribution band : | Band 3 |
| ASCED code : | 080307 - Organisation Management |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Staffing
Examiner:
Other requisites
Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at .
Rationale
Students completing this course are pursuing a diverse range of careers including engineering, business, the arts and psychology to name but a few. Despite this apparent diversity all students share in common the probability that they will enact their careers within organisations. More simply stated, most paid work occurs within organisations. (This holds true as much for engineers as for performance artists). The discipline of OB (Organisational behaviour) assumes that people are the basic building blocks of any organisation. People are afforded this level of importance in organisations because it is assumed that organisations achieve their goals through the efforts of the people who constitute the organisation. Therefore being able to manage people is a fundamental skill required by all students completing this course, no matter what specific career individual students wish to undertake. This course will prepare you to work more effectively within an organisational context by exposing you to some foundation theory about the management of yourself and others within organisations.
Synopsis
This course has two major components. The first part is all about management of the self through reflection. The second part of the course is all about theory associated with the management of others. Specifically in the first part of the course students will be taught how to observe and record their thoughts, feelings and actions throughout a real life incident with a view to reflecting on them at a later date. Students will also be exposed to double loop learning as a form of reflection and will be given the opportunity to identify personal strengths (rather than weaknesses) in their reflections. Finally in the first part of the course students will be shown how to apply theory to an incident so that when students reflect they can draw on more than life experience to make sense of or judgements about their role in the incident. The second part of the course opens with some useful big picture theory about the nature of management within organisations and the nature of structure and culture as organisational systems. The course then addresses the issue of managing others as individuals by looking at the contribution of individual's attitudes, emotions and motivation to their work within organisations. The final section of the course focuses on the management of others as members of groups and teams and examines the impact of conflict, politics and power on group and team performance.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- communicate self-observations, reflections and applications of theory to life incidents clearly and concisely;
- apply organisational behaviour theory and reflective practice techniques to resolve workplace-related problems and or to garner insights about the self;
- work autonomously on a bounded self-reflection task;
- think critically about assumptions that drive management practice;
- recall and apply foundation organisational behaviour theory related to the management of individuals and groups and teams.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Managing the self | 50.00 |
| 2. | The context of management | 5.00 |
| 3. | Managing individuals | 20.00 |
| 4. | Managing groups and teams | 25.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=01&subject1=MGT1000)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
Reference materials
Student workload expectations
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Directed Study | 90.00 |
| Independent Study | 75.00 |
Assessment details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASSIGNMENT 1 | 100 | 30 | 29 Apr 2020 | |
| ASSIGNMENT 2 | 30 | 10 | 20 May 2020 | |
| TAKE HOME EXAM | 60 | 60 | End S1 | (see note 1) |
Notes
- This will be a take home exam. Students will be provided further instruction regarding the exam by their examiner via StudyDesk. The examination date will be available via UConnect when the Alternate Assessment Schedule has been released.
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
Online: There are no attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students' responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.
On-campus: It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item.
Requirements after S1 2020;
To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks. (Depending upon the requirements in Statement 4 below, students may not have to satisfactorily complete each assessment item to receive a passing grade in this course.) -
Penalties for late submission of required work:
Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4) -
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
Requirements after S1 2020;
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course. -
Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course. -
Examination information:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: An Open Examination is one in which candidates may have access to any printed or written material and a calculator during the examination.
Requirements after S1 2020;
This is a restricted examination.
Candidates are allowed access only to specific materials during the examination. Electronic devices and TEXT BOOKS are NOT permitted.
However, candidates may use in the restricted examination for this course:- writing materials (non-electronic and free from material which could give the student an unfair advantage in the examination)
- ANY hard-copy notes (there is NO LIMIT to the number of pages)
- copies of course materials such as selected readings, tutorial exercises, photo-copies of sections of the text book and PowerPoint slides associated with the course
- study notes and handwritten notes.
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Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: The details regarding deferred/supplementary examinations will be communicated at a later date,
Requirements after S1 2020;
Any Deferred or Supplementary examinations for this course will be held during the next examination period. -
University Student Policies:
Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene University policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
Assessment notes
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Referencing in assignments:
Harvard (AGPS) is the referencing system required in this course. Students should use Harvard (AGPS) style in their assignments to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The Harvard (AGPS) style to be used is defined by the USQ Library's referencing guide at .