1. Demonstrate critical knowledge and understanding of current debates about how, through effective management, organizations interact with and respond to their complex operating environments.

BUSI 1475 - Management in a critical context

Introduction to the Module

 

2.1             Aims

•     To attain a critical understanding of the challenges that face practicing managers in the complex contemporary operating environment.

•     To contribute to the development of a set of analytical skills that equips the contemporary manager for the challenges presented in the contemporary organizational milieu.

 

2.2             Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course a student will be able to:

1.   Demonstrate critical knowledge and understanding of current debates about how, through effective management, organizations interact with and respond to their complex operating environments.

2.   Demonstrate critical knowledge and understanding of advanced social science concepts relating to managing and working with people for performance in the contemporary organizational domain.

3.   Display a critical awareness of a range of often apparently conflicting and contradictory schools of management and social science thought requiring them to make informed analytical judgement

 4.  Debate ethical dilemmas and stakeholder conflict related to management practice in the contemporary sphere and be able to debate and seek to resolve them

5.   Be intellectually curious, responsive to challenges, and demonstrate initiative and resilience

6.   Communicate clearly and effectively, in a range of forms, taking account of different audiences