BMGT10200 Foundations of Management

Academic Year 2021/2022

This module explores key ideas, debates, and practices that have shaped contemporary approaches to management. The module will critically examine influential eras of thought and different approaches to organising and managing human endeavour e.g. scientific management, bureaucracy, human relations, and consider their social and historical contexts. It is designed to help you to weigh management ideas in context, identify fads and gain long-term perspectives to inform your thinking. It will also help you analyse and argue based on your reading. Over the course of the module you will learn lessons from the past that can be applied to key management issues of today and in your future management practice.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

1. Appreciate the importance of social and historical context in management ideas and practices.

2. Describe and assess key developments in management thought

3. Critically reflect on contemporary managerial practices and challenges.

4. Understand, analyse, and critique competing approaches to thinking about, and ‘doing’, management.

5. Demonstrate critical thinking, independent learning, and communication skills in written presentations, and synthesise persuasive arguments based on a wide reading of relevant literature.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

60
Autonomous Student Learning

50
Total

134
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures; Reflective learning; Critical writing; Individual and group work 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Foundations Management Thought (SBUS10040)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Continuous Assessment Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Mr Shane Cormican Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Federica Pazzaglia Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Karan Sonpar Lecturer / Co-Lecturer