3.5 Course Overviews: "O"
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR (ORGB)
(See also IDRL courses.)
ORGB 319
Motivation and Productivity
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study; grouped study; or e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ORGB 364, or an equivalent introductory organizational behaviour
course, is recommended but not required.
Precluded course: ORGB 319 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for ADMN 319.
This course examines the way supervisory practices affect employee motivation
and, with reference to theory, analyses the effectiveness of these practices.
The concepts and practices discussed in the course apply to both private and
public organizations. Students can expect to understand some causes of
performance problems; the effect of certain supervisory (management) practices
on motivation; how to assess the effectiveness of supervisory (management)
practices in an organization; and be up-to-date on a number of management
techniques. Because the course requires students to complete questionnaires
based on work experience, if they do not have recent work experience, they must
make alternative arrangements with the tutor.
ORGB 326
Organization Theory
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study; grouped study; or e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ADMN 232 is recommended but not required for students with no
previous work experience or university-level background in administration.
Organization Theory provides an understanding of the ways managers seek to
promote organizational effectiveness through internal structures and processes.
The course analyses how organizations are structured within the context of the
larger social, political, and economic environment; why systems of control and
coordination are related to technology, goals, external environment, and other
organizational characteristics; and generally how organization theory may
contribute toward improving the design and management of organizations.
ORGB 327
Leadership in Organizations
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized study or grouped study.
Prerequisite: ORGB 364, or an equivalent introductory organizational behaviour
course, is recommended but not required.
This course examines basic leadership theory including the most significant
models of leadership and requires the student to apply these models to
leadership in a variety of organizational settings.
ORGB 364
Organizational Behaviour
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study; grouped study; or e-Class®.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: None.
Téluq equivalency: ADM 1013.
Organizational Behaviour provides an introduction to a wide range of topics and
issues in organizational behaviour and emphasizes their practical applications.
It encompasses the basic elements in the study of organizational behaviour
(organizations, groups, individuals, and managerial processes) and is intended
to develop knowledge based on organizational behaviour concepts and to develop
ability or skill in the application of these concepts to administrative problems.
ORGB 386
Introduction to Human Resource Management
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study or grouped study.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ADMN 232 is recommended but not required.
Precluded course: ORGB 386 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for HRMT 386.
Téluq equivalency: ADM 1015.
This course gives an overview of both the theoretical and practical aspects of
human resource management in contemporary organizations. This includes the role
and function of human resource management, commonly used techniques in human
resource management, the organizational and societal environments of personnel
administration, and current issues and trends in human resource management.
ORGB 387
Strategic Human Resource Management
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study; or grouped study.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ORGB 386 or HRMT 386 is recommended but not required.
Precluded course: ORGB 387 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been
obtained for HRMT 387.
This course covers the current debate about the nature and significance of the
"new" Human Resource Management (HRM) model, the strategic issues, such as the
relationship between HRM and trade unions, and the links between HRM and
organizational performance. Some of the key techniques including recruitment and
selection, appraisal, reward systems, training and development and international
aspects of HRM are fully examined.
ORGB 390
Managing Change
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized study with video component, or grouped study.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm status before registering.
Prerequisite: ADMN 232 is recommended but not required for students with no
previous work experience or university-level background in administration.
This course provides an overview of the major themes associated with
contemporary management. The primary functions of management (planning,
organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling) are examined. The topics of
cultural and social diversity of the workforce, social responsiveness and ethics,
and multi-national markets and competition are woven throughout the course.
ORGB 400
Organizational Culture
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: Individualized study with video component, or grouped study.
Prerequisite: ORGB 364, or an equivalent introductory organizational behaviour
course, is recommended but
not required.
Téluq equivalency: COM 5002.
The study of organizational culture is examined as this course analyses
contrasting views about the usefulness of an organizational culture. It looks at
the competing approaches to the study of organizational culture, the assumptions
of these competing approaches, and how the assumptions shape the definitions and
problem-solving foci of the approaches. Gender biases in organizational cultures
are also examined.
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