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Welcome to the module on Managing People in Organizations 2018-19. This module is taught by Andrew Cree, and it consists of lectures, seminars, and assignments in the areas of HRM and OB. Please submit your HRM assignment on Blackboard by Friday, December 7, 2018, and your OB assignment by Friday, January 18, 2019.
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Managing People In Organisations2018-19 Welcome Module Tutor: Andrew Cree
MPIO: HRM (50%) OB (50%)
HRM 7 weeks x 3 Hours each week. Typically: Lecture Seminar activities Sometimes a second lecture.
SUBMIT HRM ASSIGNMENT On Blackboard FRIDAY 07 December 2018 OB ASSIGNMENT On Blackboard FRIDAY 18 January 2019
HRM ASSIGNMENTSubmit on Blackboard no later than 4pm Friday 7 December 2018 (week 11) Your bibliography should be roughly 70% drawn from the course reading-list and 30% from your own literature search.
OB part • Assignment 2: OB An individual essay, maximum 2500 words in length. • Task: Select one of the followingtopics from the field of Organisational Behaviour: • Employee Motivation • Organisational Culture • Organisational Conflict • Work Groups and Teams • Leadership Provide a critical appraisal of the contribution that work in this area has made to our understanding of human behaviour in an organisational setting.
Assessment Criteria Hand in Details: Your completed essay should be submitted via Blackboard by 4pm on FRIDAY 18 January 2019.
What type of sources should you use in informing your assignment?
MAKE USE OF THE MODULE READING-LIST!
Rich BIBLIOGRAPHY: BOOKS JOURNAL ARTICLES NEWSPAPER ARTICLES PRoFESsIONAL BODIES
HRM Seminars You will sign-up today to be in one of 4 groups (A,B,C,D) Most weeks: • Create a Pecha Kucha for that week (use template) • Test it works • Add it to Pecha Kucha board in folder for that week • Deliver in seminar
Pecha Kucha (Japanese for “chit-chat”) http://www.speaker.org/video/pechakucha.html 20 X 20 secs = 6 minutes 40 seconds
Expectations for presenting Pecha Kuchas: • Have Pecha Kucha prepared and loaded onto Pecha Kucha board. • Test it works and rehearse before class. • Answer questions from audience. • At end of HRM assignment write one side of self-reflection on class contribution including Pecha Kuchas.
Other Seminar activities There are also other seminar activities. Make sure you have read the material and printed it off before class.
What can go wrong in the seminar? • The seminar hour is wasted for all the other students and tutor. • Everyone is let down.
Electronic submission Find your assignment on your computer. Name the file simply with your surname followed by your first name. If you have any comments add them here Make sure you click Submit
Attendance is monitored closely
What can you expect from me? • Professional attitude and behaviour • Relevant material • Well researched and prepared lectures • Interesting seminar questions • Useful Blackboard site • Open and accessible
What do I expect from you? • Participation • Deliver presentations and mgt insights • Preparation • Independent reading and research • Don’t talk during the lecture. • Switch off mobiles / no texting.