About · MGMT 292 · GPA Shark

About the course

A study of how behaviour generated by people in organizations affects the individual, relationships with others, and performance in groups with focus on the way organizations function as a whole and the factors which relate to effectively managing organizations.

Delivered asynchronously online.

Instructor

Dr. Bonita Russell

Email: bonita.russell@viu.ca
Office: Building 250, Room 453
Office hours: By appointment
Student ratings: Look up Bonita Russell on Rate My Professors (opens in a new tab)Anonymous opinions on an outside site. GPA Shark does not copy or check them.

AI in this course

AI allowed, with disclosure

AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Copilot) may be used as learning aids. Submitted work must reflect your own reasoning and any AI use must be acknowledged: the tool, the prompts, and how the output was used.

Rules that affect your grade

Summarised for students, with the outline's wording where it matters. The outline and VIULearn are authoritative.

APA referencing required
In-text citations and a complete reference list. Scholarly, peer-reviewed sources expected; Wikipedia, UK Essays, Course Hero and similar are not acceptable. Avoid Investopedia.
English standards
Assignments must be free of spelling, punctuation and grammar errors; errors are penalized. The VIU Writing Centre can help.
Group work integrity
In group projects each member is responsible for academic integrity; penalties can apply to every member.
Course content is copyright protected
Don't upload course materials to third-party sites or redistribute them.

Bonus opportunities

Monthly Workplace Conversation: post in 2 months for 2 marks, 3 for 4 marks, 4 for 5 marks. September's topic is open now.

Texts and readings

Organizational behavior (opens in a new tab)
Black, J. S., & Bright, D. S. · OpenStax · 2019
RequiredFree online
Organizational Behaviour: Exercises and Cases (opens in a new tab)
Weir, D., & Paschen, J. (Eds.) · BCcampus · 2020
RequiredFree online
Referred to as "KPU" in the weekly readings.
Notes and other learning resources (opens in a new tab)
RequiredOn the course site

Links

VIULearn, the texts the outline links and study material from other students. Each link says where it came from.

VIULearn

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Texts and readings

Links the outline itself prints for the course materials.

Student-made study sets

Made by students, not by your school or your instructor. Nobody has checked these against the syllabus.

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Study help

Questions to test yourself, a rubric in plainer words, a plan built from the deadlines. It never writes or finishes work you hand in, and does less where the outline prohibits AI.

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Where this comes from

Extracted from 1c7684e37081cd7db6c787066819328b.pdf on 2026-09-10. Downloaded file name is a hash; document title is "Course Outline: Organizational Behaviour Fall 2026".

The VIULearn grade book weights each assignment 10%, but the outline says 20%.Five assignments at 10% total 50%, so VIULearn's calculated grade will read about half of your real standing. The five are weighted equally in both, so the ranking between them is unaffected — GPA Shark uses the outline's 20%.
Week 11 topic is organizational culture, but the readings are leadership chapters.OpenStax Ch. 12 (Leadership) and KPU Ch. 11 (Leading People) are listed under the culture question. Confirm on VIULearn which applies.
The Weekly Decision Diary cites "LO 7" but the outline lists five learning outcomes.Shown verbatim.
Week 6 runs Oct 13–16 (Oct 12 is Thanksgiving).