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Credit points: 7.1
Coordinator: Dr. Patrick Fox
Contact: 13 hours of lectures and 26 hours of tutorial practical classes
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
On completion of the subject students should:
- have gained knowledge of human behaviour in work organisations
- be able to identify relationships among organisational variables, including formal structure, inter-personal relations, groups, managers and motivation theory
- be able to transfer their knowledge and skills to the behavioural problems of the future employers
Content:
Individual and group behaviour in organisations, particularly in small organisations. Motivation, leadership and morale. Organisational culture, group dynamics, conflict and its resolution. Power, politics and ethics. Organisational change.
Assessment:
A two-hour written examination at the end of semester, group and individual assignments.
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Engineering (Volume 4 page 113)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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