Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Business School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Seminar
Module Offerings
6003LBSAF-SEP-MTP
Aims
The aim of this module is to provide students with an understanding of management issues/decisions and their impact on individuals and the organisation as a whole.
The aims of the module are:
a) To provide an understanding of strategic management issues.
b) To examine the competitive environment.
c) To examine the role of managers/leaders within the organisation.
d) To provide an understanding of the relationship between culture and its impact on individual behaviour.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. Strategy:
Definitions, levels & stages of rational approach, strategic development including emergent/incremental/political/resource based view.
2. The Business Environment:
Macro/Micro environments, Porters Diamond, Porters five forces, LoNGPEST analysis, Globalisation, Risk factors.
Competitive advantage & strategies to gain competitive advantage (value, rarity, sustainability, etc..), sources, types and quality of competitor data for competitor analysis.
3. Managing People:
Management styles & issues, concepts of power, authority, delegation & empowerment.
Leadership approaches such as personality/traits, style, contingency, transactional/transformational.
HR issues such as policies/procedures, appraisals, coaching/mentoring, resolving poor performance, health & safety.
Performance management frameworks - target setting, MBO, balanced scorecard.
4. Managing Organisations:
Culture - definitions, levels, influence, cultural web, models, managing different cultures.
Structures - types & their impact on project achievement, effective project managers, role of accountant & key players in a project, project stakeholders, project team lifecycle, leading & motivating project teams.
Teams - building, managing & leading, motivating, effective and problematic teams.
Communication - process, types, problems, effective communication skills for accountants, no-verbal, feedback, influence, negotiation skills.
Managing conflict - sources & causes of conflict, types of, strategies to manage conflict.
5. Managing Change:
Change - types and triggers, stage model, principles of change management, problems with change, resistance & managing resistance.
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to provide you with an understanding of management issues/decisions and their impact on individuals and the organisation as a whole. The module will provide an understanding of strategic management issues, to examine the competitive environment and the role of managers/leaders within the organisation. It will also provide an understanding of the relationship between culture and its impact on individual behaviour.
The aim of this module is to provide you with an understanding of management issues/decisions and their impact on individuals and the organisation as a whole. The module will provide an understanding of strategic management issues, to examine the competitive environment and the role of managers/leaders within the organisation. It will also provide an understanding of the relationship between culture and its impact on individual behaviour.
Additional Information:This module has been designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the roles/functions of management within the organisation. Students will be able to apply the concepts discussed to a range of chosen organisations so that comparisons and contrasts can be made.
Assessments
Report
Centralised Exam