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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR (ORGB)
(See also IDRL courses.)

ORGB 319
Motivation and Productivity
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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
3—Applied 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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