ENGINEERING TRIPOS PART IIA – 2012/2013

Module 3E6
Organisational Behaviour & Change

Course Content

1. Classical Perspectives on OB

2. Micro-Perspectives on OB

3. Macro-Perspectives on OB

4. Organizational Change

COURSE AIMS

• Introduce ideas useful in the analysis of organizational processes
• Encourage critical thought about organizations and the events that occur within them
• Develop an appreciation of how theories can be translated into practical applications.
• Facilitate understanding of organizational change and its management.

The philosophy behind the course is that academic concepts can be used as an ‘intellectual tool kit’ - a collection of frameworks and ideas that can be used to critically analyse organizational situations, thereby gaining a better understanding of ‘what is going on’ in order to take appropriate action.

SYLLABUS

• Weber and the Theory of Bureaucracy
• Taylor and Scientific Management
• Human Relations Theory
• Motivation and Job Satisfaction
• Leadership
• Groups in Organizations
• Emotion in Organizations
• Organizational Structure
• Contemporary Management Theory
• Organizational Culture
• Post-Bureaucratic Organizations
• Models of Organizational Change
• Power, Poltics and change
• Change: Consequences and concerns

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On completion of the course, you should be able to:

• understand the central issues in work organizations
• understand how these issues have changed over time
• understand how these link to practical situations
• understand the nature and problems or organizational change

TEACHING METHODS

The core material will be deliverd through lectures

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT

By examination, with a choice of two questions from four

REFERENCES

Please see the Booklist for Part IIA Courses for references for this module.