Busi 1475 Course Guide 2011-12
Course Study Guide
2012
Contemporary Issues in Management
Contents
1. Welcome 3 2. Introduction to the Course 4 2.1 Aims 4 2.2 Learning Outcomes 4 2.2.1 Knowledge and understanding of: 4 2.2.2 Intellectual Skills: 4 2.2.3 Subject practical skills: 4 2.2.4 Transferable skills: 4 2.3 Learning and teaching activities 4 3. Contact Details 5 4. Course Content 6 4.1 Session Reading 7 5. Assessment Details 8 5.1 Summary of assessment 8 5.2 Detailed description of assessment 8 6. Other Details 9
1. Welcome
‘Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.’
Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene II
It is a well-worn cliché that the only certainty in these interesting times is uncertainty. Despite the fatigue of aphorisms such as this and many like it, it would be naïve of any observer of the contemporary business environment to assume otherwise. Despite the fact that the world has never been materially richer (albeit with huge inequalities and enduring misery for many) with technology and governance having solved – or at least alleviated – many of our problems, the environment that impacts on our economic and social world is as volatile and unforgiving as ever before. Thus the demands placed upon those responsible for guiding organizations through these troubled waters are as great as ever before, making it imperative that such individuals have the necessary skills and attributes.
Contemporary Issues in Management seeks to develop in learners a critical appreciation of the challenges faced by management professionals in a complex, dynamic and increasingly risky business environment. In doing so it exposes students to the controversies and dilemmas of contemporary management thinking and practice that are not easily resolvable (if at all). The course builds on learning undertaken in levels one and two and seeks to enable the learner to build towards the advanced level of critical awareness and reflectivity
2012
Contemporary Issues in Management
Contents
1. Welcome 3 2. Introduction to the Course 4 2.1 Aims 4 2.2 Learning Outcomes 4 2.2.1 Knowledge and understanding of: 4 2.2.2 Intellectual Skills: 4 2.2.3 Subject practical skills: 4 2.2.4 Transferable skills: 4 2.3 Learning and teaching activities 4 3. Contact Details 5 4. Course Content 6 4.1 Session Reading 7 5. Assessment Details 8 5.1 Summary of assessment 8 5.2 Detailed description of assessment 8 6. Other Details 9
1. Welcome
‘Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.’
Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene II
It is a well-worn cliché that the only certainty in these interesting times is uncertainty. Despite the fatigue of aphorisms such as this and many like it, it would be naïve of any observer of the contemporary business environment to assume otherwise. Despite the fact that the world has never been materially richer (albeit with huge inequalities and enduring misery for many) with technology and governance having solved – or at least alleviated – many of our problems, the environment that impacts on our economic and social world is as volatile and unforgiving as ever before. Thus the demands placed upon those responsible for guiding organizations through these troubled waters are as great as ever before, making it imperative that such individuals have the necessary skills and attributes.
Contemporary Issues in Management seeks to develop in learners a critical appreciation of the challenges faced by management professionals in a complex, dynamic and increasingly risky business environment. In doing so it exposes students to the controversies and dilemmas of contemporary management thinking and practice that are not easily resolvable (if at all). The course builds on learning undertaken in levels one and two and seeks to enable the learner to build towards the advanced level of critical awareness and reflectivity