The Principles of Management module introduces the students to the concepts, theories and practices of effective management central to the successful operation of an enterprise. In particular, the Syllabus aims to provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the management within organisations. The aims of this module are to introduce the basic management concepts and techniques necessary in business. Foster an understanding of national and international business structures and environments. Develop the key elements of management activity.
| The Process of Managing: The emergence of management thought. Key elements of the management process. Managers and their external environment. The History of Management. |
| Planning: Objectives, policies and strategies. Decision making. Governance structures and management. Influence of stakeholders. |
| Nature of Organisation Structure: Forms of departmentalising. Staff and line relationships. Integration and decentralisation. |
| Decision Making: Nature and processes of decision making. Creativity and the learning organisation. Role of groups and teams. |
| Human Resource Management: Selection, appraisal and development of employees. Negotiation and agreements. |
| Approaches to Motivation: Expectancy theory, needs and equity. Reward systems. |
| Control and Management: The control Process. Types of control. Characteristics of Effective Controls. Process re-design and reengineering. |
| Ethics and Business: Perspectives on ethics and business decision making. The Stakeholder approaches. Social responsibility
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Instruction will be primarily through lectures and class discussion of salient issues in management, which will lead to an exposition of the fundamentals of best management practice. Self-directed learning will be applied to facilitate an awareness of current theory and practice. Case and scenario examples will be used to illustrate a range of managerial situations.
The delivery of this module will be of a blended learning nature, combining in-person and online delivery of lectures, using a combination of lectures, case studies scenarios, video, class discussion, problem solving exercises and self directed learning
Practicing the tasks of managerial analysis and decision-making via use of case studies, scenarios analysis/ discussion.
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| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |