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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2010-2011 (archived)

Module BUSS3071: BUSINESS CREATIVITY AND ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE

Department: Economics, Finance and Business (Business) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

BUSS3071: BUSINESS CREATIVITY AND ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE

Type Tied Level 3 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2010/11 Module Cap None. Location Queen's Campus Stockton
Tied to N200

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • The module seeks to increase student's knowledge and understanding of the processes of business creativity and accompanying organisational changes and developments.

Content

  • The implications of contextual change in the business environment.
  • Formalistic management approaches (Marketing; IT; Quality; E-Business).
  • Essentials of business creativity.
  • The pursuit of value.
  • Holistic management approaches (new organisational model; new ways of managing people).
  • Leadership and management of change.
  • Framing and enacting of organisational change.
  • Organisational Development interventions.
  • Managing in times of change.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • At the conclusion of the module, students should:
  • Have knowledge and understanding of the need for and management responses to change.
  • Comprehend the complexity of framing and enacting organisational change.
Subject-specific Skills:
  • Understand the essence of creativity in business management.
Key Skills:
  • Have practised problem solving and analytical skills.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Teaching is by lectures and seminars. Learning takes place through attendance at lectures, preparation for and participation in seminars, and private study. Formative assessment is by means of a contribution to a group presentation. Summative assessment is by means of a written examination and a written assignment.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
Lectures 22 Weekly 1 hour 22
Seminars 8 4 in term 1, 4 in term 2 1 hour 8 ■
Preparation and Reading 170
Total 200

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination Component Weighting: 60%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
One written examination 1 hour 30 minutes 100%
Component: Assignment Component Weighting: 40%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
One written assignment 1500 words max 100%

Formative Assessment:

A contribution to a group presentation.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University