An Introduction to Organisational Behaviour: How to Understand Your People
Discover why organisations behave the way they do, the effects of misbehaviour at work - and what you can do to improve things.
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An Introduction to Organisational Behaviour: How to Understand Your People
Learn to understand the behaviour of your colleagues, managers and reports
Understanding how a business behaves can help us to understand how a business works - and how it can be made to work better. We call this discipline organisational behaviour.
On this course, you’ll explore the key approaches, concepts and issues in organisational behaviour - and how they apply to you. You’ll investigate why people act as they do, along with how managers can prevent workplace misbehaviour.
Ultimately, you’ll develop a better comprehension of how everyone in your organisation (including you) behaves and interacts. This will help you and your organisation to work better.
What topics will you cover?
- Key approaches and issues in organisational behaviour
- Goals of organisational behaviour
- Fundamental roles and skills of managers in the 21st century
- Manifestations of organisational misbehaviour
- Roles of managers in addressing organisational misbehaviour
When would you like to start?
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Develop awareness of approaches and interrelated variables that inform and influence behaviour at work
- Discuss the key roles and skills of managers needed to enhance organisational effectiveness
- Explore how organisational misbehaviour manifests and its impact
- Identify strategies for the management of organisational misbehaviour
Who is the course for?
This course would suit professionals at all levels in an organisation, across all disciplines. It may be of particular interest to those in leadership or managerial roles - looking to improve business processes by managing organisational behaviour.
Who will you learn with?
Michael is Assistant Professor in HRM. He has authored a book and journal articles. His research interests centre on employment relations and the role of the trade unions. He is a member of CIPD & HEA
Who developed the course?
Coventry University
Coventry secured gold in the UK Government’s 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and is University of the Year for Student Experience in The Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
- Established1992
- LocationCoventry
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This course is part of the program Organisational Behaviour and Learning , which is one of the building blocks that leads to degrees in Master of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration (Cyber Security Management), Master of Business Administration (Health Care Sector), Master of Business Administration (Artificial Intelligence), Master of Business Administration (Sustainable Tourism), and Master of Business Administration (Marketing).
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