Managing Organisational Behaviour - MGMT2004 (UNSW Sydney)

Course Description:

Managing Organisational Behaviour provides an in-depth exploration of individual, team and organisational phenomena. The course will also explore a range of interventions that enhance individual and team performance, as well as well-being (e.g., leadership, work design, and organisational culture). By the end of this course you will have a better understanding of how employers and employees can improve performance and well-being for mutual advantage.
This course takes a micro focus on employee behaviour in organisations. Later courses will give you a deeper insights to: (1) macro organisational systems (e.g. MGMT 2718 Human Resource Management, MGMT 3724 Strategic Human Resource Management), (2) industrial relations perspectives (e.g., MGMT 2705 Industrial Relations), (3) international issues (e.g., MGMT 3101 International Business Strategy, MGMT 2102 Managing Across Cultures), and (4) specialist knowledge (e.g., MGMT 3728 Managing Pay and Performance, MGMT 3729 Managing Workplace Training). In sum, this course will provide you with the fundamental learnings of the most important asset organisations have - people.

Course Aims:

This course is important for students wanting to learn people skills so that they will become effective managers and leaders. This course explores organisational behaviour and draws on its inter-disciplinary foundations and applies them to the management of public, private and other organisations. The course offers critical learnings to a range of frameworks associated with understanding personality and ability, work attitudes, motivation, leadership, change and culture.

Relationship to Other Courses:

By the end of this course, you will have a better understanding of a wide variety of organisational behaviour phenomena and challenges and how to apply them to you personally. You will also have learned a variety of strategies for improving your own (and others) effectiveness in organisations. The main aims of the course are to help you to: 1) better understand and apply OB concepts and findings to solve real-world problems; 2) more effectively lead yourself and others, and 3) and communicate more persuasively with others.