Unit

School Of Management

Workplace BehaviourWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 61441.1

Discipline: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Student Contribution Band: 3

Level: 1

Credit Points: 10

Equivalent Units
200616 - Workplace Behaviour in 2008

About this Unit
This unit has been replaced by 200616 - Workplace Behaviour. This unit introduces students to the individual (psychological) and social (sociological) factors that influence workplace behaviour and relations in the workplace. The structure of the course is thematic, drawing on the major theoretical frameworks of psychology and sociology. Relevant workplace experiences are used to bring these experiences to light. The critical assumption made in this unit is that workplace behaviour and relations can only be understood within an integrated sociological-psychological framework. It is this framework that is used to analyse motivation, learning, work organisation, technology, conflict and workplace change. Throughout the unit the changing nature and meaning of work in the modern industrial society will be highlighted.