E-BA: Organizational Behaviour

Module Aims

• To provide thorough insight into international human resource management
• To provide a “management tool-box” for function and development orientated management
• To demonstrate methods and techniques that will enable the student to manage and motivate a team in an international environment
• To give students a thorough understanding of “organisational behaviour”
• To give students a thorough understanding of cross-cultural management
• To enable students to analyse effectively the ways in which the various elements in the organisation interact and are dependent on each other
• To enable students to plan, manage and implement change and innovation in the work situation
• To provide methods and techniques to effect international strategic planning, objective setting and their implementation.

Module Learning Outcomes

• Use the “right” management and team building styles, as well as the “right” style in cross-cultural management.
• To identify internal and external demands for re-organisation and implement necessary changes in the international organisation, as well as designing jobs that match the need for motivation of the individual employee as well as the group.
• Critically appraise and implement relevant objectives and strategies.
• Critically apply theories to practical business situations.