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MSIN1002 - Communication and Behaviour in Organizations
This course will help you appreciate the contribution of the behavioural sciences to our understanding of how organisations work. It will emphasize how an understanding of individual and group behaviour can improve both the quality of working life and the effectiveness of organisations.
The course has three broad sections:
Introduction
This part of the course will introduce you to the field of
organisational behaviour (or organisational psychology) and explain what we are
studying and why. It will outline the history of the field and how approaches to
behaviour at work have changed.
It will also introduce you to the
methodology of organisational behaviour: how we study the topic, and the use of
the scientific method.
Individual Behaviour
This part of the course describes the nature of individual
differences and how they affect our behaviour at work. These include the way we
perceive things, our attitudes, and our personalities. These topics have
enormous implications for issues such as prejudice, and also for selecting the
right people for the right jobs.
We will also look at how people learn,
and whether different people might learn in different ways. An overview of the
motivation to work and how this might differ from person to person will be
presented. Finally, we will look at stress at work, and examine its causes, its
consequences, and its management.
Group Behaviour
This part of the course is concerned with what happens when
individuals function, perform and interact with each other as part of a group.
We will start by looking at human communication and examining all the potential
dysfunctions of communication that can occur.
We will also cover active
listening and feedback techniques, designed to improve the effectiveness of
communication. We will then look at what happens when individuals work in
groups, how other people can affect our behaviour in ways we might not expect,
and how to put together the perfect team.
We finish by examining the
controversial topic of leadership and asking the question:
Are leaders
born or made?
