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BE450-7-__ : Management and Organisational Behaviour

This module introduces you to a range of the key topics and issues in management and organisational behaviour, illustrating both traditional and critical approaches to understanding them. It seeks to develop critical and analytical skills in both thinking and writing, and provides an analytical framework to assist you to question and reflect on management and organisational processes. We will evaluate various approaches to understanding organisational phenomena and the complexities of the organisational and social world, and introduce alternative perspectives on various dynamics found in and around organisations, such as structure, culture, power and motivation. The module gives specific emphasis to an understanding of what management and organisational behaviour is about, what it is for and what it seeks to do. Consequently, the module challenges many of the taken for granted assumptions of the conventional undergraduate management text book in such a way as to provide opportunities to both theorise management and to explore the realities of organisational experiences.

Module Aims

* To provide an overview of key topics in organisational behaviour and management thought.

* To assist you in developing a robust conceptual framework for the analysis of management ideas and issues.

* To nurture your capacity for systematic and critical thinking in relation to the many unaddressed assumptions which underpin theories and practices of management and organisational behaviour.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. A critical awareness of the nature of organisations and the process of management.

2. A robust understanding of a range of key concepts in contemporary management and organisational behaviour theory and practice and be aware of key debates and positions.

3. The ability to describe, analyse and evaluate the range of approaches that underpin the practice and analysis of management and organisational behaviour.

4. An understanding of, and the ability to demonstrate, the value of critical and analytical approaches to the study of management and organisational behaviour.

Skills for Your Professional Life (Transferable Skills)

The module will also enable you to develop a range of transferable skills:

1. Develop written communication skills through writing and receiving feedback on a case study assignment and an essay.

2. Practice research skills through collecting and analysing organisation-specific information.

3. Hone critical analytical thinking by evaluating different perspectives on organisations and management.

4. Develop IT literacy through electronically accessing module materials and completing and submitting assignments.

Category: Management

BE455-7-SP : Management Psychology

BE455 Management Psychology is intended to open up the relationship between individual behaviour and experience in the context of the study of organizations. As such, it is rooted in the psychology of organising and its primary focus is on the individual in the organization, the construction of meaning and how they behave, react or subvert in relation to organizational life. Developing the discussions from BE450 and BE451, we will explore the role of socialisation, emotion and the construction of identities within the context of the labour processes, paying particular attention to the 'hidden' dimensions of organising.

Module Aims
Using a range of theories and concepts, to give students the opportunity to explore the relationship between observed behaviour in organizations and their experiential meanings.
1. To challenge the conventional rhetoric of standard management textbooks, and to give students the opportunity to attend to competing and alternative discourses of organization.
2. To consider alternative organizational forms and styles of working.
3. To pose moral and ethical considerations for future practising managers.

Module Outcomes
On completion of the module, you should be able:
1. To relate everyday observations of organizations and organizational members to the experience of organizations and to be able to hypothesise about management actions and their consequences for the behaviour and experience of members.
2. To be able to write essays which demonstrate an ability to analyse and evaluate aspects of organizational behaviour.
3. To produce a coherent and well-structured argument about the psychological aspects of organizational behaviour.
4. To demonstrate a critical approach to reading and talking about how organizations function.
5. To hypothesise about alternative forms of organization and to understand the complexity of the psychological contract of work.
6. To understand the need for a principled approach to management.
Category: Management