BUSM 2301 Organisational Behaviour

Semester 2_2010 Week 6 Lesson Plan

Intended Learning Outcomes of Lesson:

• Explain and understand the practical implications of the Expectancy Theory model
• Describe the characteristics of effective goal setting and feedback
• Summarise and understand equity theory
Teaching or Learning Issues:
• This is the second part of motivation
• There will be a writing guide for the assignment on BB hopefully by tomorrow pm
• It may be a good time to get some feedback from the students

Material Time Topic Comments

allotted

Student list 2 mins Attendance – I normally have a volunteer take the

attendance.

A2 papers 3 mins Three Minute Review - Lecturers stop any time during a s-s
lecture or discussion and give teams three minutes to
brainstorm everything that we have covered since week
1.

A4 papers 5 mins Snowball Fight – Students write their name and a This is
question (based on the Three Minute Review), to which chaotic, but it
they know the answer, on a piece of paper. They then makes for a
screw the paper up and have a snowball fight. End it with lively and
everybody having a different question. Give them time to efficient
think of an answer and find the person who wrote the review
question. They then share their answer. s-s

5 mins Think Pair Share -Involves a three step cooperative s-s

structure. During the first step individuals think silently
about a question posed by the instructor. Individuals pair
up during the second step and exchange thoughts. In the
third step, the pairs share their responses with other pairs,
other teams, or the entire group:

• What motivates people to come to come to

work/school?

Slides 10 mins Teach Expecatancy Theory. PPT slide 1-4

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3 mins Elicit answers from the class. Studying at RMIT, what is s-t
the E, P and O’s?

7 mins Jigsaw – Count students off 1-3 to create 3 groups. Give s-s
each group one of the followng questions. When they
have finished, count them off and have them share their
answers as experts.
• How do we increas the E to P
 • How do we increse the P to O
• How do we increse the O’s

Slides 5 mins Teach Equity Theory PPT Slide 5-9

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A2 paper and 10 mins A Gallery Walk - requires a report-out that can be s-s
coloured visually depicted. It can be an outline, a concept or mind
markers map, or any other written product. In this case a
designated student stays by the desk or table or next to
the butcher paper if it is taped to the wall and serves as
the group spokesperson. The other students rotate around
the room examining the products of other teams'
thinking, asking questions of the designated
spokesperson. (The spokesperson role should be rotated
so that no one is left without the stimulation of exploring
the different student creations.)

• How does equity theory relate to you in the class

room?

Example that they can use:

10 mins

Slides 10 mins Teach the types of reward at the workplace. PPT slide 10-
end
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A4 paper 12 mins Do the H form, student to teacher feedback. I find it See
useful to go through their results with the class. attachment
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Tips an Tweaks: