Mentor: Jean-Nicolas Reyt聽
The Organizational Behaviour 15 credit Concentration provides an opportunity for students to increase their awareness of behavioural issues encountered in jobs and organizational settings, and to prepare themselves for graduate study in the behavioural sciences or for careers in general management or human resource management.
Complementary Courses (15 credits)
Selected from the following:
ORGB 321. Leadership.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Leadership theories provide students with opportunities to assess and work on improving their leadership skills. Topics include: the ability to know oneself as a leader, to formulate a vision, to have the courage to lead, to lead creatively, and to lead effectively with others.- Prerequisite: MGCR 222 or permission of Instructor and approval of the BCom Program Office.
- Restrictions: Restricted to U2 and U3 students.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
ORGB 325. Negotiations and Conflict Resolution.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
A conceptual framework to guide participants through negotiation and conflict resolution process.- Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
ORGB 330. People Analytics.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
This is the era of big data. Companies and organizations are collecting an enormous amount of information and we are only just beginning to grasp the ways in which this information might be used. This course covers the emerging field of people analytics, which involves applying data collection and analysis techniques to improve the management of people within organizations. We will cover current people analytics techniques, common pitfalls, and possible shortcomings of people analytics, as well as the ethical questions involved in undertaking such analyses.- Prerequisite(s): MGCR 271 or an equivalent introductory statistics class, and MGCR 222.
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ORGB 380. Cross Cultural Management.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Addresses dilemmas and opportunities that managers experience in international, multicultural environments. Development of conceptual knowledge and behavioural skills (e.g. bridging skills, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity) relevant to the interaction of different cultures in business and organizational settings, using several methods including research, case studies and experiential learning.- This optional course is part of the Brazil Study Abroad Program which has a fee of $2650 which includes a 12 day trip to Brazil for company visits and classes. A small portion of the fee is eligible for a tax receipt on the T2202A, and includes accommodation in Brazil, breakfasts, local course related transportation, as well as instructor costs.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
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ORGB 401. Leadership Practicum in Social Sector.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Students apply a wealth of OB concepts and leadership strategies by spending the equivalent of one full day (8 hours) per week at an organization within Montreal鈥檚 social sector. Course material will supplement field experiences. The Practicum complements , which offers a more comprehensive survey of leadership theory.- Restrictions: Only open to U2 and U3 students.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
ORGB 409. Organizational Research Methods.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Field research in organizational behaviour.Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
ORGB 420. Managing Organizational Teams.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Theory, research, and applications. Principles of team processes and effectiveness in organizational settings, specifically the theoretical developments and empirical findings of group dynamics and team effectiveness, and practical strategies and skills for successful management of organizational teams.- Continuing Education: requirement for I.C.B.
- Summer - Section 751 (04-MAY-2009/22-JUN-2009)
- Continuing Studies: requirement for I.C.B.
- Prerequisite: MGCR 222
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
ORGB 421. Managing Organizational Change.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Organizational change theory and techniques are examined with an emphasis on techno-structural interventions such as Quality-of-Work-Life approaches. Through simulations and case-studies, the course explores initiatives in organizational change, primarily in contemporary Canadian organizations. It also includes opportunities for "hands-on" experience in work and organization redesign.- Continuing Studies: this course cannot be taken for credit if ORGB 522 was already completed
- Prerequisite: MGCR 222
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
ORGB 423. Human Resources Management.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Issues involved in personnel administration. Topics include: human resource planning, job analysis, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance appraisal, organization development and change, issues in compensation and benefits, and labour-management relations.- Summer - Section 761 (05-MAY-2009/18-JUN-2009)
- Prerequisite: MGCR 222 or permission of the instructor and approval of the B.Com. Office.
- Requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors
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ORGB 434. Topics in Organizational Behaviour 1.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
This is an advanced course for students with a special interest in Organizational Behaviour. Topics will be selected from current issues or themes in literature.- A non-refundable fee of $1850.09 contributes to the expenses for this course. This 3-week field course involves a week of classes, meetings, and site visits in the Montreal area, and 2 weeks of classes, meetings, and site visits in Israel. The fee is the students' contribution to the course costs, which include student round-trip air travel to Tel Aviv, hotels, course-related ground transportation, and course-related entrance fees to sites, and selected meals
- A non-refundable fee of $1850.09 contributes to the expenses for this course. This 3-week field course involves a week of classes, meetings, and site visits in the Montreal area, and 2 weeks of classes, meetings, and site visits in Israel. The fee is the students' contribution to the course costs, which include student round-trip air travel to Tel Aviv, hotels, course-related ground transportation, and course-related entrance fees to sites, and selected meals
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
ORGB 440. Career Theory and Development.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Includes state of the art theory and research on careers and opportunity for exploration and development of personal career goals and dreams. Analytical and practical skills are honed through the study of careers of "real life" individuals as presented in films, panels of guest speakers, and interview assignments.- Prerequisites: None.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
ORGB 525. Compensation Management.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Compensation policies and practices, consistent with motivational theories, are examined. Topics include: design and evaluation of job evaluation systems, salary structures, and performance-based pay; compensation of special employee groups; and current pay equity laws. Projects and simulations provide "hands-on" experience in the use of compensation techniques.- Prerequisite (Continuing Studies): MGCR 222
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): ORGB 423
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