BE450-7-AU-CO:
Management and Organisational Behaviour
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2023/24
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Inactive
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
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31 March 2021
Requisites for this module
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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.
The module aims are:
* 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.
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.
This module is compulsory for:
MA in Management Studies
MSc in Finance and Management
MSc in Marketing and Brand Management
MRes in Management and Organisations
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The module delivery is based on two main components:
Weekly two-hour sessions which normally comprise a lecture and short case study. The aim of these sessions is to give an overview of a particular topic of management and organization, to introduce you to some key readings, and to give you the possibility to relate the topic to a short practical case study.
Fortnightly one-hour tutorials which normally consist of discussing an academic article or other text that you have read beforehand. The aim of the tutorials is to support your learning by directing you towards particular texts, and honing your analytical skills. For each tutorial you will be expected to prepare answers to questions provided the session before. Tutorials start in weeks 2 or 3 depending on which group you are in. Please check your timetable to see which tutorial group you have been allocated to.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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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 Marina Michalski, email: mmichal@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Marina Michalski
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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Of 32 hours, 20 (62.5%) hours available to students:
12 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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