This course is designed to introduce students to human behaviour in organizational contexts. The study of organizational behaviour involves examining processes at the individual, group and organizational levels. Both theoretical and applied approaches will be developed. Instructional methods include lectures, experiential exercises, group activities, videos and case studies. Extensive class participation is expected.

The decisions you make every day will shape your life. In an organization, the decisions you make will impact outcomes for you, your team, and cumulatively affect the trajectory of your career. This module aims to help you navigate the pathways of decision making in organizations. We will undertake an evidence-based approach, tapping on several streams of research – including behavioural psychology and economics, error management, and intuitive judgment – to give a rigorous account of what separates good decisions from the rest. These conceptual tools will empower you to make good decisions in an uncertain world, to influence, and to lead.

This module introduces students to the frameworks and concepts underpinning the contribution of human capital management (HCM) in a constantly changing environment. Students will take a strategic and leadership-oriented approach to examine human capital-related practices using both the employer’s and the employee’s perspectives. The key areas to be discussed include environmental challenges and strategic HCM, talent acquisition, talent development, talent retention, and global workforce deployment. As environmental challenges are constant (globalisation, technology, and sustainability), this course will address the alignment of key HCM issues with corporate missions, visions, and values in the context of changing environment

The course focuses on negotiations and conflict management in the context of leading and managing interpersonal relationship at work and life in general. Participants first focus on principles and skills required to gain mastery as fair and ethical negotiators. Following which participants progress to acquire the theory and skills of facilitating conflict resolution. This involves 1) influencing counter-parties to behave in an efficient and amicable manner and engage in joint problem solving; 2) playing the role of a mediator in helping others resolve issues at work. Both these roles will be set in a leadership context.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach to leadership, this module prepares students to re-examine the nature of work, organization and leadership. Looking from outside in, this module begins by examining the impact of the external environment on organizations, and transformations in the nature of doing business on employee-employer relationships The module will also highlight the implications that the changing nature of work has on how leaders’ manage work performance and organizational control. Key issues and impact of this new norm on organization performance and diverse workforce will be highlighted.