GRA 2205 Organisational Behaviour
GRA 2205 Organisational Behaviour
Organisational behaviour is the study of the structure, functioning and performance of organisations, and the behaviour of groups and individuals within them. This course will provide an overview of contemporary research based knowledge in organisational behaviour, and an overview of the most important topics, concepts, and contributions within this field.
The students shall obtain a basic understanding of contemporary research based knowledge in organisational behaviour, and get an overview of the most important topics, concepts, and contributions within this field.
After completing the course, the students should be able to critically examine theories and studies in organisational behaviour. They should know how research in organisational behaviour may be conducted, and see how this knowledge may be applied to real life situations.
The students should be able to communicate and discuss the major theories and research findings from this field, taking into account both strengths and limitations.
- Social perception, attribution and learning
- Motivation in organisations
- Work-related attitudes
- Group dynamics and team work
- Leadership in organisations
- Communication in organisations
- Prosocial and deviant behavior in organisations
- Influence, power, and politics in organisations
The course is structured as a combination of lectures, discussions, in-class activities, and compulsory student presentations. It requires substantial amount of preparation by the students and active involvement during class.
Please note that while attendance is not compulsory in all courses, it is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on itslearning or text book.
This is a course with continuous assessment (several exam components) and one final exam code. Each exam component is graded by using points on a scale from 0-100. The components will be weighted together according to the information in the course description in order to calculate the final letter grade for the examination code (course). Students who fail to participate in one/some/all exam elements will get a lower grade or may fail the course. You will find detailed information about the point system and the cut off points with reference to the letter grades when the course start.
At resit, all exam components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course.
All courses in the Masters programme will assume that students have fulfilled the admission requirements for the programme. In addition, courses in second, third and/or fourth semester can have spesific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.
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Exam category: Activity Form of assessment: Presentation Weight: 30 Grouping: Group (1 - 3) Exam code: GRA22051 Grading scale: Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course |
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 70 Grouping: Group (1 - 3) Duration: 1 Semester(s) Exam code: GRA22051 Grading scale: Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.