3.5 Course Overviews:
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course reference:
ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR (ORGB)
(See also IDRL and HRMT
courses.)
ORGB
319
Motivation and Productivity
3Applied Studies
Delivery Mode: *Individualized
study. Grouped study. 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. 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. 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. 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. Grouped study. Video
component.
*Note: This course may be offered online or online-enhanced. Confirm
status before registering.
Prerequisite: ADMN 232 is recommended but not required.
Cross-listed Course: ORGB 386 is listed under two different
disciplines: Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management.
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. 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.
Cross-listed Course: ORGB 387 is listed under two different
disciplines: Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management.
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. Grouped study. Video
component.
*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. Grouped study.
Prerequisite: ORGB 364, or an equivalent introductory organizational behaviour course, is strongly 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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