Module BUSS3201: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT

Department: Business School (Business) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

BUSS3201: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To develop an understanding of specialized aspects of Business, Management & Marketing in topics related to the main research areas in the School.
• To address worldly and analytical mindsets.

Content

• Topics available each year will vary. Each year we would include 4-5 topics, chosen from (for example):
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Sustainability
• Globalisation
• Diversity
• Business innovation and creativity
• Enterprise development
• Leadership and management practice
• Knowledge management
• Risk Management
• Organisational ecology
• NOT ALL THESE SPECIALIZED ASPECTS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ANY ONE YEAR

Learning Outcomes

• Be able to demonstrate advanced levels of knowledge and understanding in specific areas of Business, Management & Marketing
• Be competent in accessing and assimilating literatures of an advanced nature relating to departmental research interests and topics put forward by invited speakers

• Be able to deploy skills specific to the Specialized Aspects they are studying
• Be able to critically analyze business problems and decisions

• Skills of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis. This includes the capability to identify assumptions, evaluate statements in terms of evidence, to detect false logic or reasoning, to identify implicit values, to define terms adequately and to generalise appropriately
• Skills of effective self-management in terms of time, planning and behaviour, motivation, self-starting, individual initiative and enterprise
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing, using a range of media

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

• The lectures and presentations by invited speakers aim to provide students with an outline of key debates in the topic area, to discuss the literature that they should explore, and to give any relevant examples and case studies
• The student preparation and reading time is partly devoted to any formative assignments set by staff and partly to the general and specific reading suggested by staff in lectures
• The assessments provide a test of the knowledge, understanding and analytical skills acquired by students. The coursework paper is on a specific topic (students choose to submit 1 paper). The written assignment challenges the students to link their learning from the module as a whole with the different ‘mindsets’ of a manager.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Draft outline and plan of summative written assignment (1000 words max).

■ 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