1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Recommended reading
Morgan, G. Images of Organization. Beverley Hills, Calif., Sage,
1986
Bolman, L. and Deal, T. Reframing Organizations Artistry, Choice
and Leadership. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 1991
BH506 Group and Interpersonal Psychology
2.5 hours for two semestws Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
Assessment: two written assignments nere is no written
formal examination. Because of the experiential nature of this
subject, a minimum 80% attendance is required
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Organisational
Behaviour
0 b jedives
The objectives are
to introduce psychological concepts and techniques
relevant to personal, interpersonal and group behaviour;
to help participants understand their own perceptions, values
and attitudes, and to gain insight into how these may
influence
behaviour;
to increase options for workplace behaviour through an
increased awareness of group dynamics
methods used are largely cooperative and practical
rather than didactic and theoretical. Active group
participation is therefore necessary.
Content
Semester one will involve students in the study of group
processes and their effects on individual and interpersonal
processes and relations. Students will approach the study of
these phenomena through reading, discussion and
experiential learning within the class.
Semester two will build on earlier work. In particular the
understanding of group and interpersonal dynamics is
applied to understand processes within the workplace.
Students in pairs make a series of visits to an external
organisation.
Recommended reading
de Board, R. The Psychoanalysis of Organisations. London,
Tavistock, 1978
Hirshhorn, L. The Workplace Within. Cambridge, The MIT Press,
1990
Objolzer, A. and Roberts, V. (Eds), The Unconcious at Work.
London & New York, Routledge, 1994
Extensive reading and resources will be given as appropriate.
BH508 Organisational Psychology I
2 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: no prior
knowledge of administrative theoy is assumed, but wovking
experience in a business, public smice, or any other form of
organisation is essential Assessment: individual and group
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Business
Administration
Content
This subject complements BH609 Organisational
Psychology 11 which is taken in the second year. The overall
theme of the subjects is the 'learning organisation' which
serves to connect and integrate . them. It is intended that they
be viewed as a developing whole.
OP I focuses on individual and group processes in the
context of organisational dynamics. The class itself will be a
learning organisation within the context of the GDBA
system.
Assessment will involve action learning projects about team
dynamics and a work based concern. Theory will be applied
to practice.
Sub-themes of leadership, managing, changing and ethics
will be continually explored.
Text books
Hirschorn, L., Managing in the New Team Environmats. Reading,
Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1991
Senge, P. The Fgth Discipline, The Art and Practice of the Leaning
Organisation, London, Century Business, 1992
Recommended reading
Bolman, L. and Deal, T., Modem Approaches to Understanding and
Managing Organisations. San Francisco, Calif., Jossey Bass, 1984
BH604 Management, Organisation and People
12.5 credit points Duration - 2.5 hours per week over 1
semester Prerequisites - nil Instruction: lectures/
discussion/ex~eriential exercises/audio visual simulations
(management behaviour laboratory) Assessment: group
report and presentation (45%) individual journals/group
dynamics paper (55%)
0 b jedives
develop a systematic awareness of organisational
processes and problems, and a managerial perspective in
students
introduce theoretical models which are applied to
problems in order to strengthen the skills of impartial
analysis of organisational issues
develop an understanding of human behaviour in
organisations and to develop interpersonal skills as a
crucial element in this learning experience
help students apply their learnings as organisational
members in the workplace - both in their roles as
managers, and as support staff.
Subiect Content
the nature of organisations
roles
team work and inter-group dynamics
self-awareness
leader/followershie
motivating/building commitment
conflict and negotiation
power and influence
the manager from a Human Resources perspective
Text
Robbins, S., Organisational Behaviour - Concepts and
Controversies and Applications Australia and New Zealand,
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1994
References
Bolman, L.G. and Deal, J.E., Refaming Organisations, Jossey-
Bass, San Francisco, 1991