Organizational Behavior (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

This module is in English. Course Objectives Understand the framework and fundamentals of organizational behaviour as the foundation for building and sustaining high performance and effectiveness. Focus on "best practice" leading and managing methods as critical success factors for continuous individual and group high performance. Demonstrate the ability to analyze and apply critical thinking and learning skills related to "real life" problems and situations. Identify and apply structures, processes and methods that can improve individual and group performance and business effectiveness. Provide practical and useful guidelines to successfully lead and manage. This course has three main goals. The first goal is to provide students with an understanding of the theory underlying the field of organizational behaviour. The second goal is to provide students with the basic skills needed to effectively manage organizations. The third goal is to prepare students to develop the literature reviews for their theses. In order to facilitate these goals, students will be exposed to a variety of information and experiences through readings in the text, articles on organizational behaviour, business cases, and an annotated bibliography on a topic of interest in organization behaviouir. The class will emphasise the roles of managers and the strategies they employ in effectively addressing organizational issues to enhance organizational effectiveness. Examples of interventions in performance situations will be highlighted through the cases explored.

Content

You will be working with material from the textbooks and materials available on-line. Concepts and how they apply in organizations may appear simple on the surface, but typically they are more subtle, complex and difficult to apply.