Course Information Organization Design and Implementation 94-700K, August 2021. 6 Units. Classes between 3.

30 and
4.50pm Tuesdays and Thursdays ACST from 31 August to 14 October

Instructor: Tim O’Loughlin. Contact: toloughlin@australia.cmu.edu or 81109923 or +61419822915

Teaching Assistant: Wanghui Li. Contact: wanghuil@alumni.cmu.edu

Description and This course is designed to improve your effectiveness as a member of an organisation, a manager and
general learning a leader by introducing you to ways for understanding individuals, organisations and organisational
outcomes processes. Organisations have been studied from the perspective of several social science disciplines,
including psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology and political science. The field on which this
course is based, organisational behaviour, draws from all of these disciplines and applies the insights
derived from the pertinent research. This course will introduce you to this research and ways to apply
the knowledge to particular situations through your analysis and subsequent class discussion of case
studies.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Participate effectively in organisations and to become valued members of those

organisations
• Have the self-awareness needed for effective participation
• Undertake management roles successfully
• Have the ability to recognize and use tactics of power and influence
• Be effective members of teams
• Apply frameworks and theories to analyse situations in which organisations are undergoing
change.
• Listen to, respect and heed the advice and ideas of others.

Course Materials The course draws upon a variety of sources, the main one being McShane, Olekans, Newman &
Travaglione, T 2015. Organisational Behaviour: Emerging Knowledge, Global Insights. McGraw Hill.
Sydney.

I do not think it essential to purchase this text as we cover the relevant parts in class. In addition, the
allowable portions of the text will be posted as we get to them. However, students should feel free to
buy it if they feel the need to draw on it directly for the assignments. About two-thirds of the course
and the assignments come from this text. The details for purchasing it are contained in a separate
announcement on Canvas. Other readings will be provided on Canvas.

Class attendance The success of this course relies heavily on student participation. Therefore, all students are expected
and participation: to attend class, show up on time and participate actively in class discussion. There is no grade for
class participation as student involvement in class activities is taken for granted. The manner of class
participation is important. Students are expected to share their knowledge and experience for the
benefit of the whole class. This sharing will be done in a way which is respectful of the views of others
and uses techniques of active listening to generate quality discussion. These techniques will be
covered in one of the classes. Please let me know if you have circumstances beyond your control that
will cause you to be late for, or miss, class.
Evaluation Method The final grade will be based on each student’s accumulated marks for the following individual
assignments.

Assignment schedule for ODI F21 Mini 1

Assignment Date posted Due date Assignment return and

model answers posted

1: Individual behaviour and August 31 September 14 September 21

motivation in the organisational
context
2: noise and cognition September 14 September 21 September 28

3: Teams and participating September 21 September 28 October 5

effectively

4: Power and NYPR September 30 October 7 October 11

Grades due October 12

Each assignment will be worth 25% to the final grade.

The guidelines issued by the Heinz College faculty require the mean grade for a core class to be
between 3.33 and 3.42. Students will then be graded using the following scale:

Grade Interpretation Points

A+ Exceptional 4.33

A Excellent 4

A- Very Good 3.67

B+ Good 3.33

B Acceptable 3

B- Fair 2.67

C+ Poor 2.33

C Very Poor 2

C- Minimal Passing 1.67

R Failing 0
 The calculation of the grades will be made using the following scale:

A+ 95%+ B+ 80% C+ 65%

A 90% B 75% C 60%

A- 85% B- 70% C- 55%

Assessment rubric
This rubric will be completed for the answer to each question and returned to students

Learning A+ A A- B+ B B-/C
outcome
excellent very good developing beginning
proficient

Basic Shows a clear, Understan Basic Uncertain Limited No real

understanding deep grasp of ds the understanding grasp of the understanding understa
of concepts the concepts concepts of the concepts concepts
(30%) well

Applying Clearly applies Clearly to Relates some Answer to the Fails to link the Concepts
concepts to ODI concepts applies of the concepts question concepts to question
specific and uses those questions to the situation suggests some the situation unrelated
situations in concepts to ODI described in limitations in described in
the question successfully concepts the question understanding the question
of the
(30%) concepts

Clarity of Clear, crisp Writing Writing that Some good, Unclear Unreadab
writing writing that that is communicates some not so writing, poor
explains the clear, the argument good syntax and
(20%) application of sparse and so that it can poor selection
concepts to the accurately by understood of words,
problem describes by readers particularly
the verbs
argument

Added Injects creative Some use Shows an Does not go Inadequate No effort
creativity thinking about of creative ability to go past answering understanding
the concepts thinking to beyond the the question of the
(20%) and their use, test the base demands concepts
including critical uses of the of answering
assessment concepts the question
Class schedule

Week Date Topic

1 August 31 Individual and organisation behaviour

• Individual behaviour
• Personality and values
• Understanding strangers
• Self-concepts and emotions
• Perceiving ourselves and others in organisations

2 September 7 Motivation

• Workplace emotions, attitudes and stress

• Employee motivation
• Emotional intelligence
• Applied practices
• Decision-making and creativity

3 September 14 Teams and participating effectively

• Team dynamics
• Team communications

5 September 21 Power and influence

• Conflict and negotiation
• Leadership

6 September 28 Organisational design

• Structures and culture
• Organisational change

7 October 5 Management success and failure

• What do bad managers look like?

• Psychological characteristics of good managers
• Specific issues for IT and public policy professionals

Academic Integrity The following is an excerpt from the Heinz College Handbook:

“In any manner of presentation, it is the responsibility of each student to produce her/his own original
academic work. Collaboration or assistance on academic work to be graded is not permitted unless
explicitly authorized by the course instructor(s). Students may utilize the assistance provided by
Academic Development, the Global Communication Center, and the Academic Resource Center
(CMUQ) unless specifically prohibited by the course instructor(s). Any other sources of collaboration
or assistance must be specifically authorized by the course instructor(s).”

https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/heinz-shared/_files/img/student-handbooks/heinz-college-2021-2022-
student-handbook.pdf

For this course, specific attention needs to be given to avoiding:

• Plagiarism
• Submission of work completed or edited in whole or in part by another person

Further information on the university’s policies, including definitions of academic integrity violations,
procedures for addressing them and sanctions to be applied can be found at:

https://www.cmu.edu/policies/student-and-student-life/academic-integrity.html