Aims: This programme intends to build upon knowledge of a breadth of core OB issues from MN0001. The course aims to promote an inquiring and critical attitude towards the human side of organizations and management.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this unit, the student should be able to:
* understand the interdependent nature of core OB topics and to explore these linkages.
Skills:
Students will acquire the skills of analysing their own experiences of groups in organizations and learning from these experiences. (T, A)
Through the provision of a comprehensively linked seminar programme, the students will develop team working and facilitation skills (T, F) with the key driver being to enable their own learning and that of their classmates, through practical engagement with set tasks - deepening the level of understanding acquired in the lecture programme.
The depth of the students understanding, as well as an appreciation of the interlinked nature of core OB topics will be examined.(A)
Content:
Content will include an exploration of the linkages between core OB topics, such as: Organisational structure and the implications for motivation, power and leadership styles; re-understanding leadership in the context of group work, diversity & gender policies - the implications for motivation and $ùmeaningful&© progression; conflict - a reframing in light of effective communication styles, leadership Vs management - what is the difference and what does it mean for the organization?
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