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BMGT10200

Academic Year 2024/2025

Foundations of Management (BMGT10200)

Subject:
Business Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
1 (Introductory)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Federica Pazzaglia
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

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.

About this Module

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
Specified Learning Activities

60
Autonomous Student Learning

50
Lectures

24
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
Incompatibles:
BMGT10060 - Introduction to Management

Equivalents:
Foundations Management Thought (SBUS10040)


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Essay based individual assignment Week 10 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
35
 No
Group Work Assignment: Group based assignment Week 14 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
35
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Essay based individual assessment Week 6 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
30
 No

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

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Mon 09:00 - 10:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 2 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Mon 11:00 - 12:50
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