MGMT206-11S1 (C) Semester One 2011

Organisational Behaviour

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 21 February 2011
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 22 May 2011

Description

This course provides an introduction to the study of individual and group behaviour in organisations. The course is taught in two parts. In the first part we examine individual-level topics such as personality differences; perception and learning in organisations; workplace emotions, theories of motivation; and stress management. We then move on to discuss team and organisational-level processes, including decision-making; group dynamics and teamwork; communication; power and conflict management; organisational structure and design; organisational culture; and organisational change.

Prerequisites

(1) MGMT100 or MGMT101; (2) An additonal 15 points of 100-level MGMT or MSCI or MKTG or STAT

Restrictions

MGMT201, MGMT216, BSAD201

Equivalent Courses

MGMT216

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Sarah Wright

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Weekly Quizzes 40% Weekly Quizzes
Homework Assignments 60% Homework Assignments


Assessment 1: Weekly Homework Assignments
Date: Each week
Weighting: 60% total
Submission: Online via LEARN

The homework assignments aim to increase your engagement with the material we cover in lectures, and will be based on a topic from that week's lecture.

The question/s will be accessible on LEARN from Monday 9am to Friday 12pm each week. If you regularly attend class and pay attention you should have no problem understanding how to complete the homework assignments. There will be no opportunity to re-sit or resubmit a missed homework assignment.

The weekly homework assignments will be made up of short answer questions. Detailed instructions on how to complete the homework assignments will be provided in lectures and on LEARN.

Homework assignments are marked manually each week. The lecturer will endeavour to get your marks back to you before the next week's lecture and will provide feedback in lecture.

Assessment 2: Weekly quizzes
Date: Each week
Weighting: 40% total
Submission: Online via LEARN

The quizzes aim to test your knowledge of the textbook material. They replace a final exam. The weekly online quiz will be based on that week's textbook chapter.

The quiz will be accessible on LEARN from Monday 9am to Friday 12pm each week. if you keep up with the readings each week you should have no problem answering the quizzes. There will be no opportunty to re-sit or resubmit a missed quiz.

The weekly quizzes will be made up of multiple choice questions. The average weekly quiz will have a time limit of 30 minutes to complete. Detailed instructions on how to complete the quizzes will be provided before you start each quiz.

The great thing about the weekly quiz is that you will receive instant feedback on your answers and know your mark straight away.

Grading and Extensions
The various pieces of assessment may be scaled to determine a final grade and 50% should not be regarded as a pass mark.

There will be NO EXTENSIONS given in this course. It is your responsibility to plan your course of study so that even in the event of unforeseen circumstances your assignment can be delivered by the due date.

The only valid excuse for a late or non-submission of an assignment is a family or medical emergency. You must have documented proof of the emergency and contact the Course Coordinator by email. Note that computer problems are not valid excuses. Failure to plan is also not a legitimate reason.

For the weekly quizzes and homework assignments, you cannot resubmit your work. It is your responsibility to ensure you click ‘submit’ on the Learn webpage before the deadline so I receive your answers/responses.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

McShane, Steven Lattimore. , Travaglione, Anthony., Olekalns, Mara; Organisational behaviour on the Pacific rim ; 3rd ed; McGraw-Hill, 2010.

Notes

Departmental Academic Policies
If you require a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator. The Department assumes that you have read this document. You should also read the “Information related to courses and assessment” on page 32 of the Enrolment Handbook 2011 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).

Dishonest Practice
The University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty.  All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.

IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.

Coversheets - Group and Individual

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $630.00

International fee $2,775.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Management, Marketing and Tourism .

All MGMT206 Occurrences

  • MGMT206-11S1 (C) Semester One 2011
  • MGMT206-11SU1 (C) Summer Jan 2011 start - Not Offered