Behaviour and Communication in Organizations

Doel vak

Upon completion of this course, the student can:

• explain scientific theories from organizational and communication sciences that describe and explain workplace behaviour;
  
• explain a wide variety of workplace behaviour from a theoretical perspective;
  
• apply theoretical knowledge to solve relevant organizational cases.

Inhoud vak

Theories and models from organizational sciences, communication science, and other relevant fields of research are introduced to explain behavior and communication in the workplace at the level of the individual, the group, and the organization as a whole. During the lectures, knowledge is presented about a wide variety of topics such as work attitudes and motivation, group dynamics and teamwork, decision making and managing conflict, power and leadership, and organizational change. In the accompanying workgroups knowledge is applied by solving several relevant cases in teams.

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Toetsvorm

Multiple choice exam and solving relevant cases in teams.

Literatuur

• Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T, A. (2023). Organizational Behavior (19th ed.). Pearson. The book is available at the VU-bookshop.
• Aditionally, lectures and some articles will be be part of the exams. The references of these articles will be published on canvas.

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Overige informatie

It would be wise to check the Canvas page before the start of the course for additional information.

Toelichting Canvas

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