Show/hide contentOpenClose All
Curricular information is subject to change
1. Build a vocabulary and conceptual framework to help you think about life inside organisations
2. Describe, apply and reflect on some key concepts in Organisational Behaviour (OB) relating to the individual, the group, and the organisation/workplace.
3. Collaborate as a team to create and deliver real outcomes
4. Use the experience of working in a group to observe, reflect and learn about group dynamics and develop your skills for effective collaboration
6. Relate these ideas to the world of work and the changing workplace, demonstrating an ability to think critically and sociologically about the human dimension of organisations and how work is organised and managed.
Foundations of OB - and the sociological imagination
Inside Organisational Culture and LIFTing leadership together
Individual Difference: Personality, Perception and Emotion, Motivation and what makes us tick
Getting to Grips with Groups: Collaboration, Teamwork and Exploring Group Dynamics
Hearing and Being Heard: Interpersonal and intercultural communication
Beneath the Surface: Power, Politics and Conflict, the Unconscious Organisation
Work, Working lives and the Changing World of Work
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Lectures | 24 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 48 |
Total | 120 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group Project: Highly Collaborative Group Project | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Oral Examination: Team Review | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Continuous Assessment: Individual coursework | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
---|---|
In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities
Group discussion and feedback, peer and personal reflective review, feedforward learning.
Name | Role |
---|---|
Dr Brona Russell | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Dolores Smith Heffernan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Lecture | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Thurs 11:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Thurs 13:00 - 14:50 |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Wed 13:00 - 13:50 |
Seminar | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Wed 13:00 - 13:50 |