HR0154 Management

Synopsis of Module

This Module provides an introduction to the practice and theory of management. It encourages students to understand the principal challenges facing managers, the attributes and dispositions that enable managers to meet these challenges and the range of international and organisational contexts in which managers operate. The module will involve students in engaging with practicing managers and developing a personal portfolio tracing the development of their own understanding of management and skill development.

Aims of Module

The Module aims to introduce and extend students' understanding of the principal features of management across a variety of contexts. Throughout the module students will reflect on their own experience and used structured engagement with practicing managers to improve both understanding of and skills across a range of management processes.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the module students will be able to:

a)	understand the principal challenges facing managers, the attributes and dispositions that enable managers to meet these challenges and the range of international and employment contexts in which managers operate.

b)	Be competent in the use of a range of managerial techniques and processes including objective setting, monitoring and evaluation alongside transferable interpersonal skills including presentation, report writing and team-working.

Outline Syllabus

The module will be delivered in six four week blocks addressing the following themes:

1.	What is management?

2.	What do managers do?

3.	What are managers' key skills?

4.	How does management differ between contexts?

5.	What are the main challenges that managers face?

6.	How do managers learn and develop?

Summative Assessment

The Module is summatively assessed through the development of a personal portfolio recording completion of Directed learning activities and enabling students to demonstrate many of the attributes of successful practicing managers including time management, personal presentation, report writing and the adoption of personal responsibility for the achievement of outcomes.