Module BUSI3261: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT

Department: Business School (Business)

BUSI3261: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To develop a critical and deep 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, a range will be chosen from current Academic Faculty research interests (for example):
• Ethics
• Sustainability
• Management of Higher Education
• Globalisation
• Diversity
• Organisational Rhetoric
• Strategic Planning and Improvisation
• Union Commitment and Participation
• Research and Consultancy with Voluntary Organisations
• Supply Chain Management
• Digital Marketing
• Leadership and management practice
• 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 areas of Business, Management & Marketing
• Be competent in researching, accessing and assimilating literatures of an advanced nature relating to departmental research interests and topics put forward by invited speakers, and be able to effectively communicate in the written assignments and individually in group presentations the importance and implication of research areas.

• Be able to deploy skills specific to the Specialized Aspects they are studying
• Be able to critically analyze management 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
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing, and individually within group presentations

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 for students to expand their learning, 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. For the written assignments students will be expected to research and explore issues relevant to management with critical depth, and will be expected to be able to communicate robustly a well-developed demonstration of the implications of research areas to the management of organisations.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

A group presentation, all students are required to present.

■ 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