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Postgraduate Course: Organisational Behaviour (CMSE11089)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits15
Home subject areaCommon Courses (Management School) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionOrganisations are collections of individuals, where each individual is allocated a set of tasks aimed at facilitating the attainment of the organisation's goals. Designing those tasks and motivating organisational members to perform them well is a fundamental responsibility of all managers. Organisations are also structural configurations, and decisions on the location of jobs and people within the organisation's structures are commonly linked with successful organisational performance. The management of people and organisational processes are clearly strategic issues.

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the complex processes of social interaction that organisations represent.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary.
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 150 ( Lecture Hours 20, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 115 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Organisational Behaviour2:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Building block Skills On completion of the course, students should be able to:
* describe key debates in a range of organisational behaviour issues
* explain similarities and differences between contending explanations of organisational behaviour
* exemplify the applicability of organisational analysis to real managerial issues
* compare and contrast alternative frameworks for understanding organisational functioning
* synthesise and evaluate complex debates in the subject area

Intellectual skills and personal development
Cognitive skills
On completion of the course, students should have:
* demonstrated the development of critical analytical skills, enabling them to identify aspects of continuity and change in the management of people and organisations
* developed the practical skills of summarising theoretical debates, synthesising the results of empirical research, communicating ideas to others, and applying their knowledge - both individually and in groups - to address real managerial problems.

Key skills
On completion of the course, students should have:
* demonstrated their ability to work with others on a group task
* evidenced their ability to reflect on and take responsibility for their own learning
* developed the ability to communicate their own ideas and critically assess the ideas of others on current managerial practice
* demonstrated their ability to produce and present a well-informed analysis of an issue of contemporary significance within the subject area
* presented a consistent and well structured account of debates in the subject area in an exam scenario.

Subject specific /career skills
On completion of the course, students should have:
* gained critical insights into key aspects of organisational behaviour
* developed critical analytical skills, enabling them to identify aspects of continuity and change in organisational functioning, and to identify some of the concerns of all organisational stakeholders.

Assessment Information
Individual Essay (50%)
Exam (50%)
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsMGMT-OB
Contacts
Course organiserProf Nick Oliver
Tel: (0131 6)50 3811
Email: nick.oliver@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk
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