Everyone in business, government and non-for-profit organisations works with other people, and organisational behaviour provides the knowledge and tools to interact with others effectively. No matter what career path you choose, you'll find that organisational behaviour concepts play an important part in performing your job and working more effectively within organisations. In this unit we will examine how individual differences impact upon what people think, feel, and do in the workplace, and how this understanding of people can help us build more fulfilling and successful workplaces. By taking an interdisciplinary and interprofessional perspective, drawing on the fields of management, HR, psychology, behavioural economics and sociology, we focus on getting the best out of people at work, including ourselves, by promoting the sustainable and ethical integration of the business needs and the individual's needs.
Main lesson content for each week
1 Introduction/Orientation
2 What is human resource management?
3 Business strategy
4 Discussion about evaluation item 1
5 Relationship between business strategy and human resource management
6 Relationship between business strategy and human resource management
7 Corporate culture
8 Relationship between corporate culture and human resource management
9 Relationship between corporate culture, business strategy, and human resource management
10 The relationship between corporate culture, business strategy, and human resource management
11 Regarding welfare benefits (effects such as salary increases)
12 Preparation for interim group report writing
13 Relationship between welfare benefits, corporate culture, business strategy, and human resource management
14 Relationship between welfare benefits, corporate culture, business strategy, and human resource management
15 About the report-type final test
Textbook: None (slides created by the teacher + various papers)
Performance evaluation method:
Interim report 30%
Intermediate group report 35%
Report type final test 35%