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 436-340 Industrial and Organisational Psychology

Credit Points

7.1

Coordinator

Dr P. Fox

Semester

1

Contact

12 hours of lectures and 24 hours of tutorial practical classes

Subject Description

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.

Topics covered include; 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

One examination not exceeding three-hours 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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