BUSI4Q715: Introduction to Management

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• COMP41815 Introduction to Computer Science. This module is intended for students whose first degree is not in business, management or related disciplines.

• To examine how companies attempt different business and corporate strategies to achieve or maintain effectiveness as organizations.
• To give students an in-depth understanding at an advanced level of knowledge about different managerial and organizational conditions within changing political, economic, sociocultural and technological conditions, industry competition and firm resources.
• To provide an in-depth understanding and critical evaluation of specialist techniques to aid analysis of the competitive and contextual environment.
• To explore contemporary debates in management research.

• The effective organization
• Managerial control in organizations: a committed and engaged workforce
• Power and resistance in organizations
• Leadership and followership in organizations
• Change management in organizations
• Knowledge and learning in organizations
• Decision making in organizations
• Strategy in organizations
• Operations management in organizations
• Managing ethically in organizations

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Have a critical appreciation of the main strengths and weaknesses of various management approaches in organizations and how they relate to organizational effectiveness
• Have a critical appreciation of decision-making within organisations, including the inter-action between corporate/business strategies and the other functions and disciplines within the organisation;
• Have a critical appreciation of the key debates within contemporary research into management

Subject-specific Skills:

• By the end of this module, students should:
• Be able to think strategically and critically about a firm, as well as functionally;
• Be able to define a firm's main capabilities, competencies and competitive advantages;
• Be able to critically analyse the non-market environment of business on firms, such as the strategic constraints and opportunities presented by socio-cultural and political developments.
• Be able to conduct an in-depth industry analysis and gain advanced understanding of its strengths and limitations;
• Be able to develop and defend a cohesive organizational strategy to improve organizational effectiveness;
• Be able to undertake critical appraisal of relevant management literature and tools, and apply critical judgement and discrimination;
• Be aware of, and familiar with, methods employed in formulating and implementing business approaches to improving effectiveness;
• Be aware of, and familiar with, tools and techniques to analyse the competitive and contextual environment.

Key Skills:

• Effective written communication
• Sourcing appropriate data and evaluating evidence.
• Interpreting and using data.
• Reflecting and synthesising from experience.
• Synthesising diverse perspectives.
• Selecting appropriate modes of communication.
• Making effective use of communication and information technology
• Group work

• Learning outcomes are met through classroom-based workshops, supported by online resources. The workshops consist of a combination of taught input, group work, case studies and discussion. Online resources provide preparatory material for the workshops typically consisting of directed reading and video content.
• The formative assessment consists of classroom-based exercises involving individual and group analyses and presentations on specific business situations/problems relevant to the learning outcomes of the module.
• The summative assessment is a written assignment in the form of a case study analysis which is designed to test the acquisition and articulation of knowledge and critical understanding, and skills of application and interpretation within the business context.

Classroom-based exercises involving individual and group analyses and presentations on specific business situations/problems relevant to the learning outcomes of the module. Oral and written feedback will be given on a group and/or individual basis as appropriate.

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