Postgraduate Course: Organisational Behaviour (CMSE11089)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 15 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (Management School) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Organisations 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.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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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-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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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
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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 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Organisational Behaviour | 2:00 | | |
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.
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Assessment Information
Individual Essay (50%)
Exam (50%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | OB MSc |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Nick Oliver
Tel: (0131 6)50 3811
Email: nick.oliver@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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