Description

Management Concepts

Description - summary of the module content

Module description

This module is designed to introduce you to a range of management concepts and apply these to analyse and interpret and apply knowledge to real world business examples.

Management is dynamic, continuously adapting to changes in the external environment.  We will be considering management in context of its origins, current practice and theories and anticipating its future direction.

Although you may not be planning to continue your studies in management in the future, it is likely, whichever path you choose, you will take on management responsibilities in your future career. We are all ‘managers’ and this will provide you with an opportunity to develop skills and confidence.

This module provides you with a theoretical framework but also aims to encourage you to reflect on and develop your personal skills and analyse management experiences.

Module aims - intentions of the module

Management is a broad subject and, to provide different perspectives of management, the module is based around management themes of: managing in context; managing and motivating people; managing operations and quality; managing and leading change; understanding the customer and developing a marketing strategy; decision making methods for managers; managing ethically and sustainably.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

ILO: Module-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of theoretical models and concepts linking to management themes
• 2. Apply theoretical models and concepts to interpret, analyse and evaluate current business practice
• 3. Evaluate current management practice, learning from the past and considering management theory and practice that will meet future business needs

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 4. Engage critically and analytically with literature relating to management
• 5. Demonstrate an awareness of different stakeholder perspectives of management in context

ILO: Personal and key skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 6. Demonstrate communication skills in a range of media
• 7. Collaborate with others to share ideas, skills and knowledge to prepare and present responses to business problems

Syllabus plan

Syllabus plan

Management concept themes:

Managing in context – an awareness of how we have arrived at current management practice and raise awareness of current trends

Managing and motivating people – as the most important organisational ‘resource’ we explore current approaches in human resource management and explore motivation

Managing operations and quality – we consider technological advances in operations management and how to ensure quality at every stage

Managing and leading change – with the pace of change increasing in the business world, we explore approaches leadership approaches and discuss whether there is one right way to lead

Understanding the customer and developing a marketing strategy – marketing is based around the customer and responding to and anticipating their wants and needs.  We are all aware of marketing in our day-to-day lives. We consider ways to define our customer and how to develop a marketing strategy in an increasingly competitive environment.

Decision making in practice – managers make decisions, we will apply a range of decision-making techniques to provide a basic ‘tool kit’ including quantitative and qualitative techniques.

Interpreting financial information

Managing ethically and sustainably – with increasing awareness of business practice, and the increased visibility of the need for businesses to demonstrate success in people, planet and profit, we investigate how ethical and sustainable businesses really are in practice.

Learning and teaching

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment

Formative assessment

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Details of summative assessment

Re-assessment

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Re-assessment notes

Deferral– if you miss an assessment for reasons judged legitimate by the Mitigation Committee, the applicable assessment will normally be deferred. See ‘Details of reassessment’ for the form that assessment usually takes. When deferral occurs there is ordinarily no change to the overall weighting of that assessment.

Referral– if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 40%) you will be required to take a re-sit exam and re-submission. Only your performance in this exam will count towards your final module grade. A grade of 40% will be awarded if the examination is passed.

Resources

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

• Cole, P. & Kelly, G.A., Management Theory and Practice (9^th Edn), Cengage

Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources

ELE –Course: (INT3622) Management Concepts (exeter.ac.uk) 

Module has an active ELE page

Indicative learning resources - Other resources

• Regular reading of business section of a range of credible  news sites, online and in print

Key words search

Managing, marketing, operations management, motivating, change, decision making