BMM4153 - People and Organisations

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module explores the nature and complexity of organisations and introduces the functional specialisms of people management. The development of management theory is explored, which encourages students to contrast Taylorism/Fordism and Human Relations approaches as groundwork for future studies. The challenges of organisational behaviour are covered through class-based exercises on topics such as leadership, motivation, group formation, behaviour and managing change. A significant part of the early sessions will be used 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:

Lectures/workshops
Hours: 40
Intended Group Size: All cohort

Guided independent study
Hours: 260

Further details relating to assessment
Individual Report: students will have to write an individual report of 3,000 words on a relevant people & organisation topic which will be announced in the Module Handbook.

Digital Storytelling (Integrated Assessment): governments, NGOs and businesses are progressively using multimedia techniques to deliver information, influence public opinion and attract customers. In this assignment, you will work on creating informative and engaging video content. Students will work in groups of 3-4 students to create a short video telling a story about how their placement and the business they worked with supports social justice or themes (globalisation, sustainability, economic development…etc.) that have been discussed during the course.

Further specific details of each assessment component will be available in the Module Handbook for this module, as well as information on additional in-class support.

Formative assessment and feed-forward methods will be employed throughout this module at various points in the semester. Formative forms of assessment will include (but not exclusively): class-based activities, opportunities for draft pieces of work to be submitted for comments and feedback, drop-in sessions with the module tutor and peer-assessed (non-credit bearing) group presentations.

Assessment:

001 Individual report; 3,000 words; end of semester 2 60%
002 Digital storytelling; group work; 15 mins; integrated block 40%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - MAJD MEGHEIRKOUNI
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4S2

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