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APPENDIX - Details of Core Courses

COURSE TITLE Organisational Behaviors for Managers

COURSE CODE CQD7005
At the end of this course, students are able to:
1. Analyse psychological theories that describe differences in individual
behaviour.
LEARNING 2. Assess techniques to motivate employees.
OUTCOME 3. Demonstrate the implication of individual processes, social dynamics
and organisation practices on organisation performance.
4. Identify suitable solutions to organisational problems arising from
employee behavioural differences.

This course helps individuals understand individual behaviour in an
organisational context and develop their interpersonal competencies to
effectively work as managers or professionals. This course includes topics
SYNOPSIS such as personality and attitudes, perception and attribution, motivation,
communication, work stress, group and team dynamics, leadership, decision
making, quality, ethics, job and organisation design, conflict management,
organisational culture and politics, and organisational change.

COURSE TITLE Leadership in Organisation

COURSE CODE CQD7012
At the end of the course, students are able to:
1. Illustrate dimensions of effective and ineffective leadership skills which
includes traits, values, and leader behaviour.
2. Identify how behavioural processes of a leader influences the
LEARNING effectiveness and charisma of a leader
OUTCOME 3. Explain different leadership styles to match the situational
favourableness and environment
4. Justify how leaders gain power and use them in various influence tactics
to influence the situation and the players within and beyond the
organisation.
This course encompasses the history and evolution of leadership research in
comparison to traditional leadership theories. The course also looks at
contemporary leadership theories such as visionary leadership and learning
oriented leadership. The need to relook at traditional leadership theories and
SYNOPSIS embrace new leadership styles can be attributed to the globalisation
process, the introduction to concepts such as learning organisation, virtual
teams, and the emergence of knowledge workers. The course stars off with
a discussion on a leader is responsible in providing direction, developing
good quality leader-member exchange, and change orientation.
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