MSc Organisational Behaviour

About the MSc programme  

This MSc is designed to provide students who have limited or no work experience with a comprehensive and solid grounding in organisational behaviour and its applications to management. The programme complements the other specialist MSc degrees within the EROB group and the broader portfolio of degrees offered in the Department of Management.

The programme offers the following benefits:

• An in-depth approach to understanding the fundamental issues of behaviour and change in organisations at the individual, group and organisational levels.
• Exposure to emerging themes in the study of organisational behaviour.
• A unique approach to bridging the academic-practitioner divide through an Engaged Self and Scholarship workshop which focuses on theory-driven practical skills.
• The opportunity to study organisational behaviour in a research-led Department with a truly worldwide reputation.

The programme consists of four compulsory half unit courses and an empirical based 10,000 word research dissertation. Courses offer discipline-based teaching in Organisational Change, Leadership, Organisational Theory, Cross Cultural Management and Managing Diversity in Organisations. Students will select two options from the list below or will choose two methodology courses if they intend to pursue the Group PhD upon completion of the programme.

Applicants will normally need a first or upper second class honours degree (or the overseas equivalent) to be considered for a place. Limited work experience is useful, but not essential. If appropriate, you may also need an English language test score at the higher level specified by the School. Students who have substantial work experience might want to consider the MSc in Organisational and Social Psychology

Compulsory courses

(* half unit)

• Advanced and Emerging Topics in Organisational Behaviour*
• Organisational Behaviour*
• Organisational Change*
• Organisational Theory*
• Dissertation

Options

Choose two half units from:

• Cross-Cultural Management* 
• Organisational and Social Decision Making*
• Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice*
• Managing Diversity in Organisations*
• Reward System: Key Models and Practices*
• Theory and Practice of Organisational Development*
• The Dark Side of the Organisation*
• Leading Entrepreneurial Organisations in Global Markets*
• Network Structures in Organisations and Markets*
• Knowledge Processes in Organisations*

Students wishing to pursue the EROB PhD must take the following Methodology Institute courses:

• Applied Regression Analysis*
• Multivariate Analysis and Measurement*