Organisational Behaviour

Module description

This module builds student’s knowledge of organisations, and their ability to analyse organisational life.  It explores organisational behaviour theory combined with practical research skills, in order to develop student’s ability to appraise the functioning of organisations.  It will therefore develop a critical mindset, built from a strong understanding of organisational theory to enable students to operate as effective future organisational leaders.  This module builds from and extends the content delivered within the first-year module, BEM1023 Discovering Management.

Full module specification

Module aims

The aim of this module is to develop students’ knowledge of organisational theory, their awareness of the complexity of managerial and organisational problems, and to equip them with the skills needed to analyse how and why organisations behave as they do. Students can develop their knowledge and skills through discussion and exploration of real-world organisational issues.

Employability 

This module equips students with the ability to understand and unpick organisational ‘problems’, providing clear, managerially relevant solutions.  Students will develop their abilities to produce management reports, critically discussing and appraising differing views on phenomena.

Internationalisation

The module draws from the international experience of our faculty, and uses global examples to illustrate concepts, and differing approaches to structuring organisations and their management.

ILO: Module-specific skills

• 1. Explain key theories and perspectives within the field of organisational behaviour
• 2. Apply the concepts and perspectives introduced to organisational case studies.

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

• 3. Critically evaluate differing perspectives of organisational theory, arriving at reasoned conclusions

ILO: Personal and key skills

• 4. Work independently and be self-motivated
• 5. Produce reports which analyse discrete aspects of an organisation, providing managerially relevant advice and/or recommendations as appropriate

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Formative assessment

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Details of summative assessment

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Re-assessment notes

Reassessment of module elements will take the same form as the original assessment, although MCQ tests will be completed on ELE rather than in-class.

Syllabus plan

ndicative content for this module includes: 

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

Buchanan, DA and Huczynski, A (2019) Organizational Behaviour, 10^th ed., Harlow: Pearson. 

Grey, C. (2017) A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Organizations, 4^th edition, London: Sage.

King, D. and Lawley, S. (2019) Organizational Behaviour, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Knights, D. and Willmott, H. (eds) (2012) Introducing Organizational Behaviour and Management, London: Thompson.

Mullins, L.J. (2016) Management and Organisational Behaviour, 11^th ed., Harlow: Pearson.

Robbins S.P. and Judge, T.A. (2017) Essentials of Organizational Behaviour, 14^th ed., Harlow: Pearson

Wilson, F. (2018) Organizational Behaviour and Work: A Critical Introduction, 5^th ed., Oxford: OUP

Relevant Academic Journals:

• Harvard Business Review
• British Journal of Management
• Academy of Management Journal

Module has an active ELE page?

Yes

Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources

• Students will have access to an ELE page which will provide extensive material to support the lecture programme including lecture notes, and short explanatory videos.

Origin date

01/07/2019

Last revision date

24/02/2023