Week 5 - Activity Perception

Choose a film that you have seen recently and which you particularly enjoyed. Now find a friend or colleague who has seen the same film, and who hated it.

Discuss your views of that particular film. What factors (age. sex, background, education. interest, values and beliefs. political views, past experience) can you identify that explain the differences in perception between you and your friend or colleague?

Week 6 - Motivation

Visit www greatplacetowork co.uk and take a look at the UK's 50 best places to work, as well as the 100 best workplaces in Europe Find out what these companies do to motivate their staff.

Week 8 Activity (Leadership)

Task

Watch the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKUPDUDOBVo (Ten Leadership Theories in 5 minutes) Activity:

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the difference between trait and behaviour theories of leadership? are the theories valid?

2. How can organisations select and develop effective leaders? provide 1 example.

Week 11 (Organisational Change)

Answers the following questions:

1. Identify three to five sustaining innovations that have affected you over the past year.

2. Identify three to five disruptive innovations that have affected you. Did you welcome these innovations because they were Beneficial's. or did you have cause to complain?

Week 12 (Cultures)

Based on your studies of Organisational Behaviour in the past 11 weeks. explain whether in motivation, group behaviour. leadership style. conflict management, structure. predominant training and HRM practices are all culturally relative. terpersonal skills, leadership style.