This module provides students with an understanding of how organisations of all kinds operate and how different stakeholder groups interact with organisations and each other. More specifically, the module introduces key organisational concepts and theories, which can be used to help us understand how organisations operate and how people operate within them. Topics covered throughout the module include culture, power, ethics, management style and organisational space. We also explore how these concepts and ideas influence management practice.
The module takes a critical approach to organisational behaviour. We begin by discussing traditional managerialist approaches but also discuss critiques of many of these approaches as well as organisational theories that do not encourage a managerialist approach.
Throughout, the module encourages students to recognise the approaches and concepts covered in the managerial practices they are surrounded by or witness on a day to day basis. In addition, the module takes popular texts from cinema, television or fiction to explore the ideas presented.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of how the approaches and concepts studied underpin management practice
Critically appraise the practical applications that these concepts and theories are put to
Analyse management practice and popular representations of organisation using relevant approaches and theories from the module