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Other Requisites

Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at .

Rationale

Students completing this course are pursuing a diverse range of careers including engineering, business, the arts and psychology to name but a few. Despite this apparent diversity all students share in common the probability that they will enact their careers within organisations. More simply stated, most paid work occurs within organisations. (This holds true as much for engineers as for performance artists). The discipline of OB (Organisational behaviour) assumes that people are the basic building blocks of any organisation. People are afforded this level of importance in organisations because it is assumed that organisations achieve their goals through the efforts of the people who constitute the organisation. Therefore being able to manage people is a fundamental skill required by all students completing this course, no matter what specific career individual students wish to undertake. This course will prepare students to work more effectively within an organisational context by exposing them to some foundation theory about the management of themselves and others within organisations.

Synopsis

This course has two major components. The first part is about management of the self through reflection. Specifically in the first part of the course students will learn about double loop learning and the importance of reflecting on one's assumptions as a manager. Students will be given an opportunity to set some personal learning goals and then monitor their progress on these across the semester as a form of double loop learning. The second part of the course is about students uncovering personally relevant learnings about their approach to the management of others in pursuit of organisational outcomes. In managing others as individual employees, students will be asked to consider how their approach as a manager to for example, decision making, may impact on individual employees' experience of job satisfaction. In managing staff as members of groups or teams, students will be asked to consider how their approach as a manager to for example, conflict, may impact the cohesiveness of the work groups they are leading. In managing employees at an organisational level students are asked to consider how for example, the culture of a work place may impact on the profitability and long term survival of the organisation. The final piece of assessment for the course will give students an opportunity to construct a statement of the personally relevant learnings they are taking from this course into their current or future management activities.

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Assessment Details

Important assessment information

1. Attendance requirements:
   
   Online: There are no attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students' responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.
   
   On-campus: It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.
   
   
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   
   To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks. (Depending upon the requirements in Statement 4 below, students may not have to satisfactorily complete each assessment item to receive a passing grade in this course.)
   
   
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   
   Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)
   
   
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
   
   
5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
   
   The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.
   
   
6. Examination information:
   
   There is no examination in this course.
   
   
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   
   Deferred and Supplementary examinations will be held in accordance with the Assessment Procedure .
   
   
8. University Student Policies:
   
   Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene University policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
   
   

Assessment Notes

1. Referencing in assignments:
   Harvard (AGPS) is the referencing system required in this course. Students should use Harvard (AGPS) style in their assignments to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The Harvard (AGPS) style to be used is defined by the USQ Library's referencing guide at .