Programme of Study Catalogue

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
understand the nature of organisations and structures and explain the development of management theory and practice;
outline the roles, responsibilities and purposes of the different management functions in organisations;
understand some of the factors involved in the management of people in organisations in international and global context;
express their arguments through coherent and evidenced essay writing which follows academic protocols.

Content:

This module explores the nature and complexity of organisations and introduces the functional specialisms in management. The development of management theory is explored, which encourages students to contrast Taylorism and Human Relations approaches as ground work for future studies. The challenges of organisational behaviour are covered through class-based exercises on topics such as leadership, motivation, group formation and behaviour and change. A significant part of the early sessions will be to consider the international implications of people management. This will allow the group to utilise and benefit from the range of nationalities and international experience in the student and staff body.

Learning and Teaching Information:

A mixture of lectures and class exercises within each session ensures consolidated learning and is supported by Moodle based activities and reading.

Lecture/workshop (4 hours) x 10
Contact hours: 40
Intended Group size: 80

Tutorials
Contact hours: 4

Library support tutorials
Contact hours: 6

Guided independent study
Hours: 150

Further details relating to assessment
Portfolio contains 4 separate written tasks undertaken throughout the semester. Each task will be of increasing intensity, such that the first task is fairly limited and designed to offer actionable formative feedback, building to a weightier task in the final week of the module such as an essay.

Directed activities: These consist of weekly tasks that must be completed and submitted for inspection at timetabled sessions each week. The assessment will be on a pass/ fail basis with a pass requiring at least 75% of all weekly tasks successfully completed. A pass mark will lead to the full award of 10% towards the final mark. A fail in directed activities will contribute 0% to the final mark.