Managing People - MAN00025M
- Department: The York Management School
- Credit value: 10 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Autumn Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
- Frameworks for organizational behaviour
- Origins of management theory: Scientific management, bureaucracy and human relations
- Modern Organisations: analysis of structures, new organisational forms and the network
- Organisational cultures
- Organisation as power
- Group and team dynamics
- Gender and identity
- Ethical considerations in organisation theory and analysis
Module learning outcomes
Subject content
- Frameworks for organizational behaviour
- Origins of management theory: Scientific management, bureaucracy and human relations
- Modern Organisations: analysis of structures, new organisational forms and the network
- Organisational cultures
- Organisation as power
- Group and team dynamics
- Gender and identity
- Ethical considerations in organisation theory and analysis
Academic and graduate skills
Successful completion of the module will demonstrate that students are able to:
- Develop creative, deeper and more challenging ways of understanding organisational activity, based on contemporary theoretical developments
- Appreciate the advantages and limitations of particular theories and organisational practices
- Demonstrate sensitivity to the complexity of social, political, ethical, economic and philosophical issues that shape contemporary organisations.
- Evaluate critically different approaches to managing people and appraise future directions.
- Plan and deliver an informal presentation to a small group of students on an assigned topic from the term.
Module content
Teaching material
- Taught sessions will include lectures, case studies, and group work
- Each student will take part in one informal presentation building their communication skills
- Lecture slides and handouts will be available on the VLE
- A detailed reading list giving a comprehensive coverage of the content of the module will be available on the VLE
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
The timescale for the return of feedback will accord with TYMS policy
Indicative reading
Grey, C. (2009) A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying organizations. 2nd Edition. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Clegg, S., Kornberger, M., and Pitsis, T. (2016) Managing and organizations: an introduction to theory and practice. 4th Edition London: Sage Publications Ltd.