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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

436-340 Industrial and Organisational Psychology

Credit Points:

7.1

Coordinator:

Dr P. Fox

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

13 hours of lectures and 26 hours of tutorial practical classes

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:

  • Moorhead, G. and Griffin, R. W., Organisational Behaviour, 3rd ed., Houghton and Mifflin, 1992.
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