Course Overview
Organizational behaviour and management principles study the factors necessary to build high performing teams and organizations. In this course students develop an understanding of how individual and team behaviours impact the effective operation of organizations. The concepts and frameworks discussed in this course form the building blocks of successful organizational development, leadership, and management. Key areas of learning include organizational culture, individual factors including personality, attitudes, perception, motivation, communication, and team dynamics. The course also includes organizational structure and design, decision making, an introduction to leadership development, and management functions including systems, controlling, planning, power and politics. Learning modalities include individual and group assignments, case studies, and an industry-based research project. Critical thinking is an outcome of the applied learning modalities.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
4.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Develop team goals, processes and measurements for team success.
- Demonstrate self-awareness and communication skills including providing and receiving constructive feedback
- Identify sources of conflict and approaches to conflict management
- Describe the role of motivation and organizational culture, and the impact on individual and team performance.
- Explain the role of management principles in achieving organizational goals including Systems, PESTU/PESTLE, Planning, Organizing, Budgeting, Control
- Explain leadership concepts including Emotional Intelligence, Situational Leadership, Power and Politics
- Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of cross-cultural competencies in organizations (local and international).
Effective as of Fall 2023
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Introduction to Organizational Development (BUSA 2150) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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