Module BUSI45P15: MANAGING PEOPLE (Block Taught)

Department: Business School (Business)

BUSI45P15: MANAGING PEOPLE (Block Taught)

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To give students a critical understanding of the complex nature of contemporary organizations, and to facilitate the exercise of independent judgement in the analysis of organizational and managerial issues.

Content

• Introduction and the Nature of Management.
• Leadership.
• Organisational Culture.
• Team and Group Dynamics.
• Organisational Communication.
• Human Resource Management and Performance.
• Recruitment and Selection.
• Performance Management and Development.
• Motivation.
• Reward Management.
• The Changing Psychological Contract.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module students should have:
• a specialist knowledge of some of the behavioural issues and challenges facing contemporary organizations;
• a critical appreciation of the assumptions, implications and limitations of a range of organisational/management theories;
• a critical understanding of a range of contemporary processes and practices relating to human resource management.

• By the end of the module students should have:
• advanced skills in diagnosing organisational problems relating to employment management.

Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

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

• Learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion, supported by guided reading.
• The written examination will test students’ acquisition and articulation of knowledge. The written assignment will test students’ understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned to the analysis of a particular issue in depth.

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Classroom-based exercises involving individual and group analyses and presentations on specific business situations/problems relevant to the learning outcomes of the module. Oral and written feedback will be given on a group and individual basis as appropriate.

■ 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