COMMGMT 7006OL - People and Organisations (M)

Online - Trimester 1 - 2018

This course explores behaviour in the workplace from an individual, group and organisational perspective. It seeks to develop an understanding of how individual attributes such as attitudes, personality, values and motivation, impact on employee performance. It also considers the role of groups and teams in supporting organisational outcomes, strategies for managing interpersonal and intergroup conflict, organisational communication and the importance of leadership in promoting positive employee behaviours. Topics examined from an organisational level perspective include culture, and stress management.

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Course Details

Course Code	COMMGMT 7006OL
Course	People and Organisations (M)
Coordinating Unit	Adelaide Business School
Term	Trimester 1
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	Online
Units	3

Course Staff

Associate Professor Margaret Patrickson
Margaret.patrickson@adelaide.edu.au

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of organisational behaviour.
Collaboratively and autonomously research, analyse and evaluate information from a wide variety of sources.
Apply relevant contemporary theories, concepts and models in order to analyse organisational environments, cases and issues.
Communicate their findings clearly and effectively using a variety of media.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	2-4
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	1, 3, 4
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	3, 4
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	2-4
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	1-4
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	1-4

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Textbook:
Organisational Behaviour: Core Concepts and Applications, 4th Edition, Wiley
Wood, Zeffane, Fromholtz, Wiesner, Morrison, Factor , McKeown
ISBN-9780730314714

Recommended Resources

Students are encouraged to read beyond the textbook to enhance the learning experience. Journal articles can be accessed using the online databases.

Two useful databases are:
EmeraldFulltext
Business Source Complete

The following list provides useful academic journals for further research.
Academy of Management Executive
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Perspectives
(formerly Academy of Management Review)
Administrative Science Quarterly
Harvard Business Review
Human Relations
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Organization Science
Organization Dynamics
Personnel Psychology

Online Learning

Material available through online management system - LEARN.

If you experience issues with accessing the LEARN portal, please contact the administrator's directly; aggie.pietrzak@elearningctr.com
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

The on line class consists of readings, discussions, essays and case studies

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

Approximately 3-5 hours each week

Learning Activities Summary

Reading Reference Lists:

Week one
Video: What is Organizational Behavior? Definition and History of the field

Week Two: Individual Differences
1. Aryticle: Johnstone M & Lee C (2009) Young Australian women's aspirations for work and family: individual and
socio-cultural differences, Sex Roles, 61 , 204-220 DOI 10 1007/s111 99- 009- 9622-8
2. Article: Waheeda S & Hadfitz M (2012) Individual differences as indicative of counterproductive work behaviour, Asian Social Science, 8 (13) 220-226
3. Article: Kuncel N, Ones D & Sackett P (2010) Individual differences as predictors of work, educational and broad life outcomes, Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 331-336

Week Three: Motivation and Empowerment
1. Article: Billet S & Choy S (2013) Learning through work: emerging perspectives and new challenges, Journal of
Workplace Learning, 5 (4) 264-276
2. Article: Crick R, Haigney D, Huang S, Coburn T & Goldspink C (2012) Learning power in the workplace: the effective lifelong learning inventory and its reliability and validity and implications for learning and development, The International Journal of Human Resource Development, 24 (11) 2255-2272
3. Article: Longenecker C & Abernathy R (2013) The eight imperatives of adult learning, Human Resource
Management International Digest, 21 (7) 30--334.
4. Article: Kultalahti S & Viitala R (2014) Sufficient challenges and the weekend ahead- generation Y describing motivation at work, Journal of Organisational Change Management, 27 (4) 569-582
5. Article: Cattaneo L & Chapman A (2010) The process of empowerpoint, American Psychologist, 65 (7) 646-659

Week Four: Learning Reinforcement and Self-Management
1. Article: Mayfield M & Mayfield J (2011) Effective performance feedback for learning in organisations and
organisation learning, Development and Learning in Organisations; An International Journal 6 (1) 15-18
2. Book Chapter: Latham G & Pinder C (2005) Work motivation theory and research at the dawn of the twenty-first century, Annual Review of psychology 2005 56, 485-516

Week Five: Job Design and Goal Setting
1. Article: Schmidtchen D (2013) Trust and confidence: The fertile soil of effective goal setting, Public Administration
Review 73 (3), 464-465
2. Article: Hall D & Heras M (2010) Reintegrating job design and career theory: creating not just good jobs but smart
jobs, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31, 448-462
3. Article: Tulgan B (2014) The challenges of managing superstars, Employment Relations Today, DOI 10.1002/ert
Wiley Periodicals Inc
4. Article: Arnold D & Bongiovi J (2013) Precarious, informalizing, and flexible work: transforming concepts and understandings, American Behavioral Scientist, 57 (3) 289-308
5. Article: Ahmad S (2013) Paradigms of quality of work life, Journal of Human Values, 19 (1) 73-82

Week Six: Groups and Group Dynamics
1. Article: Kraimer K, Takeuchi R & Freze M (2014) The global context and people at work: Special issue
introduction, Personnel Psychology, 67, 5-21
2. Article : Stein M & Pinto J (2011) The dark side of groups: A “gang at work” in Enron, Group and Organization
Management, 36 (6) 692-721
3. Article: Bluestone Review (2013) A review of culture and leadership in Australian olympic swimming,

Week Seven: Teamwork and Team Building
1. Video: Baricevi T, De Robbio M, McLean M, (2009) Teams in the workplace, Traingpoint Net, Video Education,
Bendigo Australia
2. Video: Eight Characteristics of effective Teams
3. Article: Gilley J, Morris M, Waite A, Coates T, & Veliquette A, (2010) Integrated theoretical model for building effective teams, Advances in Developing Human Resources, 12 (1) 7-28

Week Eight: Organisational Structure and Culture

1. Book chapter: Robbins T & Judge T (2008) Foundations of Organizational structure, in Essentials of
Organizational Behaviour, 9th edition, 229-246, Prentice hall New Jersey
2. Article: Flynn D (2015) Building a better model: A novel approach for mapping organisational and functional structure, Procedia Computer Science, 44, 194-203
3. Article: Mohelska H & Sokolova M (2014) Organisational culture and leadership- joint vessels?, Procedia, Social and Behavioural Sciences, 171, 1011-1016
4. Article: Olson E (2007) Common belief, contested meanings: development and faith based organisational culture,
Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, 99 (4) 393-405

Week Nine: Power, Politics and Influence in Organisations
1. Article: Heimans J & Timms H (2014) Understanding “new power” Harvard Business Review December 2014, 48-
56
2. Article: Kelly C (2015) Managing the relationship between knowledge and power in organisations, Aslib proceedings: New Information Perspectives, 59 (2) 125-138

Week Ten: Leadership and Decision Making
1. Article: Karp T (2013) Studying subtle acts of leadership, Leadership 9 (1) 3-22
2. Article: Chambers L, Drysdale J & Hughes J (2010) The future of leadership: A practitioner view, European
Management Journal, 28, 260-268
3. Article: Hess J & Bacigulapo A (2011) Enhancing decisions and decision making processes through the application of emotional intelligence skills, Management Decision, 49 (5) 710-721

Week Eleven: Communication, Conflict and Negotiation
1. Article: Cacciattolo K (2015) Defining organisational communication, European Scientific Journal, 11 (20) 79-87
2. Article: Kelly D (2000) Using vision to improve organisational communication, Leadership and Organizational
Development Journal, 21 (2) 92-101
3. Article: Cooper C & Scandura T (2015) Getting to “fair”: interactions as identity negotiation, Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 22 (4) 48-432

Week Twelve: Organisational Change and Innovatation
1. Video: Our Iceberg is melting
2. Article: McCarthy E (2013) The dynamics of culture, innovation and organisational change: a nano-psychology future perspective of the future of the psycho-social and cultural underpinnings of innovation and technology, AI and Soc, 28, 471-482, DOI 10.1007/s001.46-013-0512-9
3. Artyicle: Damanpour F (2014) Footnotes to research on management innovation, Organization Studies, 35 (9)
1265-1285

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Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
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Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
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Assessment Summary

There are three main tasks:
1. Contributing to weekly discussions of topics by answering set questions
2. Submission of two essays
3. Submission of one case study

Assessment Detail

Each type of assessment contributes 25% to the total grade ie discussions 25%, essays 25% each, case study
25%

Submission

No information currently available.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

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