An Introduction to Organisational Behaviour: How to Understand Your People (FutureLearn)

Offered by Coventry University,
An Introduction to Organisational Behaviour: How to Understand Your People (FutureLearn)

Discover why organisations behave the way they do, the effects of misbehaviour at work - and what you can do to improve things. 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’.

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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.
This course is part of the program Organisational Behaviour and Learning , which is one of the building blocks that leads to degrees in MBA , MBA for the Cyber Security Management Sector, MBA for the Healthcare Sector, MBA with Artificial Intelligence Specialism, and MBA for the Sustainable Tourism Sector.

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

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.

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