Organizational Behaviour and Wellbeing at Work - HRL009AS2AE - Opinto-opas

Organizational Behaviour and Wellbeing at Work, 5 cr - HRL009AS2AE

Upcoming implementations

Organizational Behaviour and Wellbeing at Work HRL009AS2AE-3003 12.01.2026-13.03.2026 5 op (IBEB4PAHRL, ...) +-
Campus

Pasila Campus

Teaching language

English

Timing

12.01.2026 - 13.03.2026
Groups
- IBEB4PAHRL
- EVENING
- CONTACT
- EXCH
Teachers

Olli Kupiainen

Seats

15 - 50

Degree Programme

INTBBA International Business

R&D proportion

0.00 cr

Virtual proportion

0.00 cr

Evaluation scale

H-5

Current implementations

No ongoing implementations yet.

Past implementations

Organizational Behaviour and Wellbeing at Work HRL009AS2AE-3002 13.01.2025-14.03.2025 5 op (IBEB4PAHRL, ...) +-
Teaching methods and instruction

This contact course has weekly classes where students are expected to participate and contribute to collective learning actively. Weekly classes and learning assignments support learning.

Learning material and recommended literature

The library has several books on organizational behavior and well-being at work, each providing basic concepts to understand organizational behavior and work well-being. In addition, the teacher gives recommendations to students for study material. Students are also expected to rely on research articles in their assignments to gain experience in reading them. Recommendations for readings are in Moodle. Furthermore, this is an advanced level course, so students are also expected to search university-level material independently.

Working life connections

Students are recommended to reflect the course material on their experiences at work and other organizational settings. By doing this, students gain an understanding of organizational behavior and well-being at work. In addition, a group assignment is done for a real organization.

Campus

Pasila Campus

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

This course does not have an exam.

Teaching language

English

Internationality

This course belongs to the international business area, where topics are also evaluated from an international perspective. The student body is international, so students gain experience collaborating with students who have different cultural backgrounds. Thus, students develop their cultural sensitivity.

Timing

13.01.2025 - 14.03.2025

Learning assignments

Pre-assignment: students have to do a short pre-assignment before the course begins. It is a requirement for having a place in the course. Students must also be present at the first class to keep their place in the course. This course has two assignments to support students’ learning. Students write weekly a reflective learning diary in which they apply the concepts and models introduced in the class to their experiences. This course also has a group assignment in which students solve a real question/issue related to organizational behavior and well-being at work. Moreover, learning occurs in interaction with others, and students are expected to contribute to collective learning, which is a requirement for higher course grades.

Enrollment

02.01.2025 - 10.01.2025

Content scheduling

Weekly classes on Thursdays at 17.40-20.30 between January 16 and March 11 (except on February 20). Weekly classes are in Pasila, and online participation is not possible3
Groups
- IBEB4PAHRL
- EVENING
- CONTACT
- EXCH
Alternative learning methods

This course has an option for recognition for prior learning (RPL). It is recommended that a student has at least five years of experience in high-skill work to do RPL. Please get in touch with the course teacher for this option.

Teachers

Olli Kupiainen

Seats

15 - 50

Further information

An evaluation is based on the following criteria:
- Contribution to collective learning
- An individual leanring diary
- A group assignment that is done for a real organization
- If you are absent more than 25%, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50%, the course is failed.

Degree Programme

INTBBA International Business

R&D proportion

0.00 cr

Virtual proportion

0.00 cr

Evaluation scale

H-5

Students who have completed this course or acquired similar skills will be able to:
- Understand the basics of occupational psychology
- Understand organizations’ changing operating environments
- Understand the role individual well-being at work and how it could be integrated to team- and organizational-level behaviour
- Identify topical themes of well-being at work and apply them in personal and workplace well-being

- The basics of organizational behaviour
- The basics of occupational psychology (from stress to work engagement)
- Psychological capital and psychological recovery
- Cognitive ergonomics and technology-mediated work
- Changing working life and future work

Depending on the period, the course is possible to choose from contact, blended or virtual implementation. Please, check the course implementation description.

Recognition of Prior Learning: In case that you wish demonstrate your prior learning instead of taking the course, please, contact a responsible teacher.

Material defined by the teacher in Moodle.

Organizational behaviour consists of three levels: individual, team, and organizational levels. Come and discover what things are important to people at work and how these three levels interact. One of the challenges of working life is to adapt rapidly to changing working life needs. In this course, you will learn to identify the basic principles of organizational behaviour and occupational psychology, apply them to well-being at organizations, and develop your organization from a business perspective. In the course, you will learn the basic principles for utilizing research knowledge. The course is suitable for everyone who is interested in organizational behaviour and their well-being.

Learning takes place in the characters of exploratory learning tasks, independent study and group discussions.
The course requires strong self-study skills, smooth knowledge retrieval and keeping on schedule.

When the implementation type of the course is contact, online or blended it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule.
If you are absent more than 25%, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50%, the course is failed.

No entry-level conditions

Student
- Identify the basic of organizational behaviour
- Identify some of the basics of occupational psychology
- Awareness of the importance individual well-being at work
- Knows the various actors related to well-being at work in the workplace
- Is able to retrieve research data
- Shows minimal application of source material and reflection in tasks

Student
Knows the basic of organizational behaviour
Knows the basics of work occupational psychology
- Can identify key factors affecting well-being at organizations
- Knows the meaning well-being at work and is able to apply the knowledge acquired to promote general well-being at the organizations
- Can describe the consideration of psychological capital in their organizations
- Is able to apply for current research information
- Participates in joint knowledge building
- Is able to apply the knowledge acquired to promote well-being at the organizations
- Is able to apply generally source material in tasks

Student
- Understand the economic importance of occupational psychology
- Is able to apply psychological capital at work
- Is able to develop actively promote their organizational well-being
- Is able to utilize current research information
- Actively participates in joint knowledge-building
- Demonstrate excellent application of source material and use quality sources in tasks