Dr Connson Locke MAR.4.14 and Dr Dorottya Sallai MAR.4.10

This course is compulsory on the BSc in Management. This course is available on the BSc in Accounting and Finance, International Exchange (1 Term) and International Exchange (Full Year). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

This course has a limited number of places (it is capped). Students who have this course as a compulsory course are guaranteed a place. Places for all other students are allocated on a first come first served basis. The lectures for this course are open for students to audit, though priority for space in the lecture theatre will go to registered students

This course introduces students to social science theories, research and application related to understanding human behaviour in the workplace. That is, this course is about the people side of business and management. Each week focuses on a different topic investigating individual, group, and organisational issues.

Topics include: personality and performance, managerial decision-making, motivating others, fairness in organisations, the multicultural workplace, power and influence, the adaptive leader, team leadership.

Teaching hours in the MT will be commensurate with a usual half unit undergraduate course.

This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of AutumnTerm, in line with departmental policy.

Students will have the opportunity to submit a 1000-word essay during AT and receive formative feedback. Students will also work in groups to answer an essay question through an in-class presentation and will receive structured feedback based on the criteria for marking essays (e.g. structure, evidence).

Colquitt, J.A., LePine, J.A., & Wesson, M.J. (2009) Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace (International edition).

Yukl, G. (2009). Leadership in Organizations. (7th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Essay (70%, 1500 words) in the period between AT and WT.
Class participation (10%), quiz (10%) and quiz (10%) in the AT.

Class participation will be based on oral representations of weekly reading summaries.

Essay topics will be available at the end of AT and due before the start of WT.