Lecturer/Course Coordinator:
Name: Dr Ayoosha Saleem
Email: ayoosha.saleem@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Room 10.34, Nexus 10 Building, 10 Pulteney Street, Adelaide.

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Diagnose the causes and consequences of behavioural actions within organisations.
2. Collaboratively and autonomously research, analyse and evaluate organisational business information from a wide variety of sources.
3. Apply relevant contemporary theories, concepts and models in order to analyse organisational environments, cases and issues.
4. Communicate their findings clearly and effectively using a variety of media.

Course Textbook:

Wood, J., Zeffane, R., Fromholtz, M., Wiesner, R., Morrison, R., Factor, A., McKeown, T. (2019) Organisational Behaviour: Core concepts and applications, 5th Australasian Ed. John Wiley and Sons, Milton Qld.

The Communication Skills Guide and The University of Adelaide Writing Centre web page are helpful resources for your academic writing and observance of the protocols and conventions of the Harvard referencing style. You also have access to numerous resources in the library including scholarly journals and alternative contemporary OB texts, but there are many readings which are relevant to the course. You are encouraged to read widely and critically with a focus on recent work (less than 5 years old) in periodicals, refereed academic journals and books. Some  contemporary OB texts you may find useful include: 

Kinicki, A., and Williams, B. 2012, Management – A Practical Introduction, McGraw Hill, Sydney

McShane, S., Olekalns, M., Newman, A., Martin, A. 2018, Oraganisational Behavior: Emerging Knowledge. Global Insights. 6th Edition. McGraw Hill, Sydney

Robbins, S.P., Judge, T.A., Millett, B., Boyle M., T., 2012, Organisational Behaviour, Pearson Education, Australia

Recommended Readings

Students are provided weekly articles to read and come prepared for the seminars. Reading the recommended articles would help students learn the course content better. It will also provide them with an opportunity to critique ideas and understand how theoretical concepts assist us in understanding our world better.

Students are required to read beyond the core textbook to enhance their learning of organisational behaviour. As mentioned above, some specific seminar preparation readings drawing from the core text, journal articles and various online materials will be recommended as the course progresses. In addition, lectures will include citations you might find relevant, interesting and useful for following up key issues and theories useful in preparing your written assignments.

You are encouraged to become familiar with the online and electronic databases and other information sources available in the main library. Familiarity with these information sources is important for the effective searching of academic literature. Some relevant academic journals are listed on the following page however, please note, this list is by no means comprehensive and is offered as a launching point for additional readings.

• Academy of Management Journal
• Academy of Management Perspectives (formerly Academy of Management Review)
• Administrative Science Quarterly
• Human Relations
• Journal of Applied Psychology
• Journal of Organizational Behaviour
• Journal of Management Inquiry
• Organization Science
• Organization Studies
• Work, Employment and Society
• Australian Institute of Management
• Australian Institute of Company Directors
• New Zealand Management journal
• The British Journal of Administrative Management

MyUni will be extensively used in this course for announcements, resources and assessments. Students are advised to actively check the MyUni course webpage regularly for accessing information about the course (e.g., announcements, lecture slides, assessment details, tutorial preparation, additional readings and suggested links).

Please ensure you have access to the MyUni page before the start of the trimester.

The course will be taught as a 3-hour interactive seminar for 12 weeks

Each seminar will cover a topic in Seminar/Workshop format.

You will have access to lecture slides, and seminar discussion before each seminar as well as the text and references to academic material. Students are advised to use the course material and seek other resources to ensure comprehensive learning of the course topics.

Seminar sessions are designed to engage students in discussion and critical thinking, which covers the course content and examples from personal and professional lives. These discussions emphasise the course content and allow students to explore and reflect on their experiences and relate those to the course content.

It is important in this course that you familiarise yourself with the text material before you come to class to participate in the in-class activities.

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

Lecture / seminar / interactive discussion: 3 hours per week.

Reading and preparation: 2 hours per week (approximately). This would include reading the required information pre-seminar and up to an hour of self-study.

This course is taught on campus.

Students are expected to fully participate in small group discussions based on seminar discussions and other activities. Students are expected to come fully prepared having read (at a minimum) the required text and having engaged with the additional readings as well. Notes as evidence of having prepared appropriately need to be brought to class.

As a minimum contribution, you are expected to raise at least one new idea/opinion/point in relation to the weekly question/s and respond to at least one comment by a fellow group member.

It is important in this course that you familiarise yourself with the text material before you come to class so that you can actively participate in all class activities. Consequently, the schedule of topics for this course, as outlined above, requires pre-class reading from the course textbook. Please come to the seminar prepared to participate. Doing so would enable you to get the most out of your involvement in this course.

Assessment Task	Task Type	Due	Weighting	Learning Outcome
Preparation and contribution to weekly seminar discussion and debate	Individual	Weekly starting week 2	10%	1, 2, 3, 4
Online Quiz	Individual	Starting Week 3 Until the end of week 12	20%	1, 2, 3, 4
Learning Journal (1000 words)	Individual	End of Week 4	20%	1, 2, 3, 4
Position Paper (1500 words)	Individual	End of Week 8	20%	1, 2, 3, 4
Research Project (2000 words)	Group	End of Week 12	30%	1, 2, 3, 4

**Note: Details of assessments, including the specific task requirements, marking rubrics, and advice for completing the assessments, will be shared and discussed in class.** 


ASSESSMENT 1: Participation and preparation (10%).
Students are expected to attend ALL seminars. Marks will be allocated for the preparation and participation, not for attendance, although the lecturer will keep an attendance record. The lecturer will check your preparation and any candidate not bringing their written preparation to each tutorial will have marks deducted from the total possible 10% each week (one mark or 1% for each time the preparation has not been satisfactorily completed and/or when not participating adequately).


ASSESSMENT 2: Online Quiz (20%).
Quizzes are conducted weekly from week 3 to week 12 based on the current week’s content covered. This multiple-choice quiz contains 10 questions. Each correct answer is awarded 0.20 marks and it is for a total maximum mark of 20. The time allowed is 15 minutes. No facility for multiple attempts.


ASSESSMENT 3: Learning Journal 1000 words (20%).
For this assessment, you are assessed on content understanding, critical analysis, and reflective skills with proper referencing (wherever required). You are supposed to write on how have/are able to utilise each week's learning in your real-life (e.g. personal, professional, academic). Explanation of theories/concepts/models is important but the application of those in your real-world scenarios is the main basis of this assignment. The word count for this assessment is 1000 words which exclude the references (/bibliography section). Generally, +/- 10% of the specified word count is treated as normal.


ASSESSMENT 4: Individual Position Paper 1500 words (20%).
From week 5 to week 8, we will cover many interpersonal level theories and constructs. In your work context, we hope you can identify one (1) specific challenge that you or your workgroup face now and figure out the solutions from an evidence-based aspect. The challenge could be based on some scenarios that you experienced in the past, you are currently coping with, or you anticipate that they will happen in the future. You can go beyond what was discussed in class – as long as you can discuss it clearly as a challenge in your work context.


ASSESSMENT 5: Group Research Project - 2000 words (30%).
From week 9 to 11, we will cover important leadership qualities in contemporary organisations, including different leadership aspects (week 9), decision-making (week 10), and conflict resolutions (week 11). In this assessment, you will be asked to complete a group project to evaluate a seeming bad leader based on the course content. To complete this assignment, you and your group members will need to identify a BAD leader from the business domain. Please note that the seemingly “bad” leader means he/she has a bad reputation for his/her leadership (i.e., people think he/she is a bad leader).

The leader could be someone you have worked with before or a famous organisational leader (e.g., a CEO of a Fortune 500 company). You will need to evaluate this person from different aspects. Please note that you CANNOT choose a political leader.

All assessment submissions are to be made through TURNITIN.

Late assignments will be penalised in line with University policy.

Resubmission is not available.

Replacement/Additional Assessment may be granted in certain circumstances (e.g. medical, compassionate etc.).

Any requests for extensions must be made in writing, to the lecturer stating reasons, before the due date.