Dr Shoshana Dobrow Riza NAB 4.11

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Organisational Behaviour. This course is available on the MPhil/ PhD in Management. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Students on degrees other than the MSc in Organisational Behaviour may only attend if they have previously taken a course in Organisational Behaviour.

Indicative Content:

1. Non instrumentality at work 2. Proactive Behaviour at Work 3. The Perception of Leadership 4. Work-life balance initiatives 5. Creativity and Innovation in Organisational Behaviour 6. Cultural Intelligence 7. Organisational Response to Employee Pain 8. Evidence based management 9. Negative Employment Relationships 10. Multilevel Theory of the Organisation

30 hours of seminars in the MT.

Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the MT.

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Essay (50%, 2000 words) and essay (50%, 2000 words) in the LT.