Prerequisites for Module
None.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To provide students with an understanding of the range of issues facing managers, including the change agenda, in the contemporary business context.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Identify and evaluate the range of issues which provide the context for contemporary management.
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Understand and evaluate the roles and responsibilities of managers in modern organisations.
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Understand and assess the key issues relating to change in organisations.
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Indicative Module Content
Strategic HRM
The Business Context & the Drivers of Change
Organisational Culture and Climate
Leading Teams
Power and Politics
Involvement, Engagement and Resistance
| Approaches and Models for Managing through Change
Coaching and Mentoring
Ethics and CSR
Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Full Time | Lectures, tutorials
| 36 |
Directed Study
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| 50 |
Private Study
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| 64 |
Mode of Delivery
Lectures & tutorial workshops
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 | 1,2,3
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Exam
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | BURNES, B., 2017. Managing Change. 7th ed. Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall.
| | 2. | GRIEVES, J., 2010. Organisational change: themes and issues. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
| | 3. | HUGHES, M., 2019. Managing and Leading Organizational Change. Oxford: Routledge.
| | 4. | Dawson, P. (2010) Organizational Change – The Contemporary Experience of People at Work. Sage
| | 5. | Foot, M. and Hook, C. (2008) Introducing Human Resource Management. 5th Edition. Pearson Education.
| | 6. | Price, A. (2011) Human Resource Management. 4th Edition. Cengage.
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