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To develop skills of observation and processing from personal
experience.
To apply knowledge gained to practical work problems of
managing human beings individually and in groups.
To impress awareness of self and predict the likely impact of
personal style on others.
To view the employer organisation from three perspectives,
as machines, as organisms and as cultures.
To develop an ability to utilise concepts in the analysis of
organisational dynamics, and to use these perspectives to
better lead and manage change.
Textbook
Kolb, D.A., Rubin, I.M. and Osland, J. Oganisational Behaviour - An
Experiential Approach. 5th ed, Prentice Hall, 1991
Reference
Morgan, G. Images of Organisations Sage Publications, 1 986
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Refer to BH604.
BH505 The Social Psychology of Organising
No. of hours per week: two hours
Prerequisites: nil
Instruction: one two-hour class
Assessment: individual and group assignments
and presentations
Subject aims and description
A first year subject in the graduate diploma course in
organisation behaviour.
The subject is concerned with:
different ways (metaphors) for looking at and thinking
about how we organise;
the interrelationship between behaviour and structure,
both conscious and unconscious;
the individual and collective investigation of the strengths
and weaknesses of differing forms of organisation;
expanding the ability of participants as thinkers and
actors within organisations.
References
Morgan, G. Images of Organisation. Bw. Hills: Sage. 1986
Bolman, L. and Deal, T. Reframing Oganisations. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass, 1991
BH506 Group and Interpersonal Psychology
No. of hours per week: three hours for two
semesters
Assessment: two minor written assignments.
There is no written formal examination. Because
of the experiential nature of this subject, a
minimum 80% attendance is required
This subject is designed for students taking the graduate
diploma course in organisation behaviour.
Subject aims
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 behaviour (mainly
communications) through learning appropriate skills.
Methods used are largely co-operative and practical
rather than didactic and theoretical. Active group
participation is therefore necessary.
Subject description
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.
Semester two will build on earlier work. In particular, skills
involved in the consultative management of groups and
interpersonal relations will be examined. Students will be
encouraged to work on 'real life' group and organisational
issues that emerge in their own workplaces.
Textbooks
Long, S. A Srrucrural Analysis of Small Groups. London: Routledge,
1992
Hinshhorn. L. The Workplace Within Psychodynamics of
Organisational Life. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1990
References
Extensive reading and resources will be given as appropriate
BH507
Organisational Psychology
Prerequisite: no prior knowledge of administrative
theory is assumed, but working experience in a
business, public service, or any other form of
organisation is essential
A first-year unit in the graduate diploma courses in business
administration and management systems.
Subject description
This unit constitutes an examination of organisational
problems in the implementation of corporate strategy with
particular emphasis on the relationship between strategy,
structure, process and people.
The learning experience depends largely on the involvement
and experience of the students, who bring knowledge and
skill to the task.
The lecturer's role is to generate a situation in which current
attitudes and practices are challenged, and alternative
approaches to management are evaluated.
Theoretical models are applied to problems in order to
permit impartial analysis of organisational issues.
Experience is also gained in co-operative group preparation
of material and presentation to the class.
Theory is applied to real situations through assignments
requiring the investigation of an organisation to which the
student has access.
The value of theory as a means of expanding the range of a
manager's decisions and actions is the basis of this course.
Textbook
Morgan, G. hnages of Organistion. Beverley Hills, Calif.: Sage, 1986
References
Bolman, L. and Deal, T Modern Approaches to Undemanding and
Managing Organisations. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1984
BH604 Management, Organisation and People
Subject aims and description
This unit is taken in the course for the graduate diplomas in
accounting and management systems.
The course provides a macro-view of organisations as open
systems examining the interfaces and interactions of
environment, tasks, technology, structure and people. It then
focuses on the psycho-social sub-system, studying individual,
interpebonal, group and inter-group processes within the
organisational context. The role of the manager in each of
these contexts is a recurring and integrating theme. In
particular, wherever possible learning is applied to the
business and management systems environments