Leading & Managing People - MAN00096M
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Online Teaching Period 1 2022-23 |
| B | Online Teaching Period 5 2022-23 |
Module aims
This module aims to provide a comprehensive review of contemporary approaches to the study of organisations. It encourages a critical and reflexive orientation towards the various claims made for the effectiveness of organisation theory, leadership and management practice. The module is designed to provide a set of conceptual approaches, which can be used to place organisation studies in a social and critical context.
Module learning outcomes
Subject content
- Evolution of organisational behaviour and human resource management: frameworks and key theories
- Leadership and following in organisations
- Organisational cultures in a global context
- Teams and power dynamics
- Recruitment and Selection
- Reward Management
- Diversity and ethics at work
Academic and graduate skills
Successful completion of the module will demonstrate that students are able to:
- Develop creative, in depth 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 awareness of and 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.
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
Students will receive regular feedback on formative weekly activities and on the formative assessment. They will also receive a feedback sheet with detailed comments on the summative assessment explaining how they performed in relation to the assessment criteria. Turnaround time for summative assessment is 4 weeks. At the end of term, the module leader will develop a report about the module and the students’ performance which, once approved by the Board of Exams, will be uploaded onto VLE and made accessible to students.
Indicative reading
King, D. and Lawley, S. (2016). Organizational behaviour. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press.