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Title Management Perspectives
Code ULMS556
Coordinator Dr MP Murtagh
Work, Organisation and Management
P.Murtagh@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 7 FHEQ First Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
 

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12

 12

         24
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 126
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Examination There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :1  2 hours    70       
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Group Presentation There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :1  10 minutes    30       

Aims

The aim of the module is to enable to students to relate management to the development of strategy and structure aligned to the environment and to serve organizational performance. Participants will learn about the way in which management thinking has evolved over the last 100 years. Students will gain knowledge of the key functions and activities associated with the practice of modern management in relation to strategy, organization and performance. Students will learn about the way in which context shapes the nature of managerial practices. Students will learn the value of understanding the guiding principles of good managerial practice at a variety of organizational levels.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Explain how the nature of managerial practices has changed during the course of the 20th century and early 21st century;

(LO2) Understand the key theories associated the practice of management;

(LO3) Be able to analysis organizational activities in terms of their current managerial practices;

(LO4) Understand contemporary management practices in the context of changing organizational forms and structures;

(LO5) Understand contemporary managerial problems related to diversity, ethics/CSR and concerns for degradation of the environment.

(S1) Communication skills

(S2) Problem-solving and decision-making

(S3) ICT skills

(S4) Group working skills

(S5) Numeracy skills

(S6) Personal effectiveness

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Six x Two Hour Lectures
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: Six x Two Hour seminars – students will work in sub-groups of 5 to examine management practises in a case study organization (each tutorial will focus on a different aspect of management).
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided

Self-Directed Learning Description: Independent study

Syllabus
 

Management theory – an introduction;

The nature of management: strategy, organization and performance;

Managing people and communications;

Managing groups and teams;

Management and organizations;

Management, change and innovation.

Recommended Texts
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