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.
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