Module manager: Dr Winnie Lam
Email: w.y.lam@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
| LUBS1870 | Behaviour in Organisations |
| LUBS2150 | People in Organisations |
This module is approved as a discovery module
Organisations do not always fully understand the importance played by the human capital in organisational success or failure. To some extent, this results from an overly narrow consideration of individually and organisationally relevant outcomes and in this module you will consider several important aspects of effectiveness including developing a healthy, motivated and engaged workforce in today's workplace. You will also explore the challenges of enabling effectiveness in the context of international/national and cultural constraints, ethical concerns, labour market conditions, technology diversity, and individual factors.
This module aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills to explore the challenges of people management whilst simultaneously developing the understanding of the role of managing employee behaviour in a contemporary organisation. The module will consider practical issues and, via a critical consideration of different approaches presented in academic frameworks and research evidence, enable students to make judgments as to what advice should appropriately be provided to aid the contemporary manager.
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and explain the meaning of individual, group, and organisational effectiveness
- Critically assess the ways in which, and to what extent, knowledge of OB theory, models concepts, and research is able to contribute to the effective management of people in the workplace
- Evaluate the influence of key Human Resource practices on organisational effectiveness
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Transferable
- Apply skills of analysis and critical thinking and be able to provide relevant evidence and examples to support an argument
- Articulate their knowledge and understanding clearly in written form
- Plan and organise work within time constraints
Indicative content:
The module syllabus covers a range of topics on critically reviewing HR practices and job design as well as managing today's workforce. Topics that will be covered include:
- Organisational effectiveness
- Recruitment and selection
- Training, evaluation and reward
- Work-life balance
- Diverse workforce
- Identity, emotional labour and aesthetic labour
- Organisational design and job design
- Perception, communication and decision
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Lecture | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Private study hours | 84 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 16 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, watching videos, question practice and assessment preparation.
Students will receive feedback through activities in seminars. There will also be an assessment support lecture and seminars for students to ask questions and get feedback on their essay outline.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | 2,500 word individual written assignment | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The resit for this module will be 100% by 2,500 word coursework.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 30/04/2025
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