MBS508: Organisational Behaviour and Management

This unit introduces students to concepts and theories of organisational behaviour useful to managers. The unit considers behavioural impacts at the individual, group and organisational levels. Topics include motivation, job attitudes, stress, issues of group processes and relations, leadership, communication, power and conflict, and organisational structure and design. Theories of how to manage the organisation during times of change and development will be a focus. The unit combines lectures and tutorials and has a practical, problem solving and experiential approach.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, W-internal, W-external
Contact Time	Lectures/seminars/workshops: 3 hours per week for semester 1. Lectures/seminars/workshops: 6 hours (2 x 3 hours) per week for winter term.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in a postgraduate level course. Students in C1083 Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration (Masterclass) will be enrolled in MBS5082. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Business
Unit Coordinator	Mr Ian Firns Position: P/T Teaching Casual E-mail: Location: Phone: Prefix: +618
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Mr Ian Firns MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH W: Internal (14/06/2010 - 30/07/2010)   MURDOCH W: External (14/06/2010 - 30/07/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)