1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

production of a commercial feasibility analysis, heavily
emphasising cash flow projections. National and
international case studies will be used to demonstrate the
elements of market and financial success for developed
products and services.
Recommended reading
Porter, M.E. Competitive Advantage, Free Press, 1985
Urban, G., hauser, J., Dholakia, N., Essentials for New
Product Management, Prentice Hall, 1987
BH400 Organisation Behaviour Honours
Students should seek advice from the appropriate
Organisation Behaviour staff when formulating their
disiipline-specific course of study and their research project
proposal.
To encourage a multi-disciplinary approach, students may,
subject to approval, undertake selected honours level
coursework subjects from other schools, divisions, or
institutions provided that they show the relevance of these
coursework subjects to their proposed area of research. Such
arrangements are subject to the student having any necessary
prerequisite studies and may be subject to any quotas
imposed on these subjects by the offering School.
Students must submit their proposal to the Organisation
Behaviour Honours Convener for approval prior to the
commencement of their honours program. Approval for a
student's discipline-specific course of study and research
project proposal shall be subject to the availability of any
necessary resources and the availability of appropriate staff
supervision.
Advanced Studies in Organisation Behaviour
Students will undertake one or more coursework subjects,
supervised reading subjects or other course of study, which
will assist them in carrying out their organisation behaviour
research project. It is envisaged that many coursework
subjects available from within Swinburne would be suitable
to support the research project and/or to broaden the
student's studies in relevant areas.
Organisation Behaviour Honours Research Project
Students will be expected to undertake a research project
within the area of organisation behaviour. Suitable research
projects might include organisation behaviour case studies
within a limited and specified area, such as management
practices, strategic planning processes, group dynamics,
human resource development, work value studies, and/or
cross-cultural organisation behaviour studies. Research
projects might be supervised within a group seminar setting.
The research project will be presented in the form of a
written dissertation of approximately 15,000 words in
length.
Students intending to complete their degree with honours
must apply for entry into the honours year by the end of
their three year degree.
Note that entry into the honours year is competitive and the
number ofplaces is subject to a quota.
BH403 Managing People and Organisations
2 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
Assessment: Case study Group Project
A subject in the Graduate Certificate in Business
Administration.
Objectives and Content
To help participants identify their preferred ways of
understanding organisations and people and to expand
their repertoire of 'frames' for analysis and problem
solving;n their roles as managers. '
To employ behavioural theory as it applies to the
analysis of situations involving the management of
people at work.
To distinguish between the processes of people
interactions and the content with which they are
working.
To apply knowledge gained to practical work problems
of managing human beings individually and in groups.
To impress awareness of self and predict the likely
impact of personal style on others.
To develop an ability to utilise concepts in the analysis
of organisational dynamics, and to use these perspectives
to better lead and manage change.
Recommended reading
Hirschhorn, L. Managing in the New Team Environment.
Addison-Wesley ,1991
Kolb, D.A., Rubin, I.M. and Osland, J. Organizational Behaviour:
An Experiential Approach. 6th edn, Eaglewood Cliffs, N.J.,
Prentice Hall, 1995
Kolb, D.A., Rubin, I.M. and Osland, J. Organizational Behaviour:
Reader. 6th edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1995
Morgan, G. Images of Organization. Beverley Hills, Calif., Sage
Publications, 1986
BH4 14
Refer to BH604.
Management Organisation and People
BH505 The Social Psychology of Organising
2 hours per week 0 Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
Assessment: individual and group assignments and
presentations
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Organisational
Behaviour
Content
0 The subject is concerned with
different ways (metaphors) for looking at and thinking
about how we organise;
the interrelationship between behaviour and structure,
both conscious and unconscious;
the individual and collective investigation of the
strengths and weaknesses of differing forms of
organisation;
expanding the ability of participants as thinkers and
actors within organisations.
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