Organizational Behaviour

Organizational Behaviour combines business acumen with behavioural sciences to help predict how individuals and groups can create more effective organizations. Students examine the impact of individuals, teams, and structures on organizations for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness. Students study personality, perception, emotions, values, attitudes, diversity, and motivation, and then analyze how these impact teamwork, communication, power, politics, conflict, and negotiation in the workplace. From there, they consider how organizational culture, leadership, decision-making, creativity, ethics, structure, and change management influence organizational effectiveness. Students leave this course with a better understanding of themselves, others, teams, and organizations. Students also develop critical thinking skills to better analyze organizational challenges and develop problem-solving and decision-making skills to formulate and execute effective solutions and achieve intended results.

Students will receive credit for only one of BUSM 1321 and 2200.

Prerequisite(s): One of the following: a minimum 67% in English First Peoples 12, English Studies 12, Literary Studies 12, or equivalent; a university-level English or communications course for which Langara awards transfer credit; or a minimum "C" grade in ENGL 1120; or a minimum "C-" grade in ENGL 1121, or an "S" grade in ENGL 1107, 1108, or 1110. LET with a minimum Level 3; LEAP 8, LPI with a minimum 26 on the essay and one of 5 in English usage, 5 in sentence structure, or 10 in reading comprehension.