Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
5506ICPDQS-SEP-PAR
Aims
Aim(s) of the module is to demonstrate an understanding of various management principles and to apply management theories & techniques for the success of construction business.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Types of construction business & engineering services
Organisational behaviours: Construction business & engineering services sector (Culture, leadership, powers and resourcing)
Roles & duties of management professional in an organisation
Organizational culture & types: Authoritarian, participative, adaptability, mission, bureaucratic, clan
Organisational structures: Tall and Matrix
Management theories & it’s applications: Latham report, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Team building theory, Scientific management theory by Fedric W. Taylor, Max Weber’s bureaucratic theory, Elton Mayo’s theory, Administrative theory by Henry Fayol and Mc Gregor’s theory X and Y"
Management forecasting
Organisation benchmarking
Employee performance management
Assessments
Essay