ULMS Electronic Module Catalogue

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Title STRATEGIC ORGANIZATION
Code ULMS765
Coordinator Professor ET Maitland
Strategy, IB and Entrepreneurship
E.Maitland@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2024-25 Level 7 FHEQ Second 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 10

10

      5

25
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 125
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Group presentation and reflective summary There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not anonymous assessment.    40       
Individual report. There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment.    60       

Aims

The aim of the module is to develop knowledge and understanding of multi-level processes involved in the conduct and performance of formal organisations and their constituent groups and individuals. Participants will become familiar with leading-edge models and frameworks on strategy and their application to different types of organisations, operating in different environments.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Explain why organization is a strategic act integral to performance in and of organizations;

(LO2) Elaborate on the theoretical and practical linkages between organization and factors of the environment, corporate strategy and performance;

(LO3) Describe and evaluate critically, classic and contemporary theories about organisational and managerial effectiveness;

(LO4) Identify processual and structural dynamics in and around formal organisations that shape organisational form, conduct and performance in contemporary environments;

(LO5) Diagnose organisational situations and appreciate alternative choices and approaches for managing people and processes in and around organisations.

(S1) Problem solving

(S2) Commercial awareness

(S3) Empirical research skills

(S4) Ethical awareness

(S5) Organizational skills

(S6) Critical thinking

(S7) Leadership

(S8) IT skills


Teaching and Learning Strategies

2 hour lecture x 5 weeks
2 hour seminar x 5 weeks
1 hour asynchronous learning x 5 weeks
125 hours self-directed learning


Syllabus

 

Understanding concepts of organization, strategy and environment;

Modelling the relationship of organization, strategy and environment to performance;

Decision making and managerial effectiveness;

Organisational inertia and change;

Organizing and managing as strategic acts;

Strategic practice;

Contemporary organisational conditions and challenges.


Recommended Texts

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