BE460-7-SP-SO:
Organisation and Leadership in a Globalised World
2025/26
Essex Business School
Southend Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 12 January 2026
Friday 20 March 2026
15
03 October 2024
Requisites for this module
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MBM N21012 MBM,
MBM N210JS MBM
This module introduces the students to the challenges of organisation and leadership that are shaped by ongoing changes at work and in today's society at large. The purpose is to examine past and new approaches and draw relevant connections between organisational theory and practice, where issues of organisation, collaboration and leadership are given particular attention.
The module will emphasise the principal role of people and human behaviour alongside the study of management systems and models. The module will address organisational processes by examining the conditions for developing sustainable organisational strategies and viable leadership approaches in both the private and the public sectors. Finally, the module will examine critically organisation and cooperation as socially accomplished activities of individuals, teams, and communities as well as projects in emerging contexts.
The aims of this module are:
- To acquire a critical understanding of the structures, processes and practices which underpin organisational action.
- To understand the impact of diverse contexts in defining appropriate leadership strategies and organisational processes.
- To emphasise individual and group learning shaping organisational knowledge and action.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to have a crtitical understanding of:
- Organising and collaboration as a situated, socially accomplished activity of different organisational actors, groups, and stakeholders.
- Views of organisation and how these have affected the notion and practice of managing people.
- The impact of internationalisation and globalisation as a multi-layered context for organisation and leadership, cultural influences and identity construction in organisations.
- Knowledge processes, with specific reference to group and team learning.
- Leadership issues and processes.
- Reflexivity as a mode of being and acting as managers and leaders.
No additional information available.
This module will be delivered via:
- Lectures
- Seminars (for discussion of case studies, journal articles, presentations)
- Signposting to additional resources
The lectures will be developed around the key concepts as mentioned in the indicative course content complemented by selected cases where appropriate.
The seminars will concentrate particularly on linking theoretical approaches with their possible functional application in relation to particular organisational problems and implementations.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Individual Essay |
|
100% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Manuela Nocker, email: mnocker@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Manuela Nocker & Dr Muhammad Shujahat
mnocker@essex.ac.uk
No
No
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Available via Moodle
Of 30 hours, 29 (96.7%) hours available to students:
1 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
* Please note: due to differing publication schedules, items marked with an asterisk (*) base their information upon the previous academic year.
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