By the end of this course you’ll have developed a new, more theoretical understanding of how and why managers do what they do in organisations. You’ll build a toolkit of management concepts, theories and models that you can use to tackle workplace issues. You’ll also feel more confident in embarking on further undergraduate study.
A. Knowledge and understanding
A1. Demonstrated how learning they have undertaken previously in the workplace can be utilised to inform the development of their management practice
A2. Selected and used a range of management theories, concepts and ideas to help identify, analyse and address issues and situations in their current practice setting.
A3. Worked in collaboration with others in assessing the applicability of selected management theories, etc. to their own and others’ identified practice problems.
A4. Reflected on the impact of their learning on their practice of management, and their future development as a management practitioner.
B. Cognitive skills
B1. Identify and draw upon appropriate forms of prior learning relating to the development of their management practice.
B2. Apply relevant theoretical knowledge of management to a practical problem.
B3. Collaborate with peers’ practitioners to, and begin to, critically evaluate the applicability of selected management theories etc.
B4. Reflect productively on the development of their practice of management.
C. Practical and professional skills
C1. Communicate their understanding of management theory and its application to practice in writing.
C2. Work independently on identifying issues and situations in the workplace and apply academic theories and concepts to these to gain a deeper understanding of them.
D. Key transferable skills.
D1. Use of a range of tools and websites for finding and recording information online: internet browsers, search engines, copy/ paste, e-portfolios and download functions
This module is designed to provide intermediate conceptual and practical learning to students in operations management, marketing and human resource management.
A. Knowledge and understanding
D. Key transferable skills
This module is designed to provide intermediate conceptual and practical learning to students in operations management, marketing and human resource management.
The aim of the course is fairly to provide students with ways if understanding and analysing different organisational, inter- organisational and international context and the ways in which such different contexts influence individuals’ experience of work. Secondly, the course aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of themes and challenges pertaining to organising and managing across this different context; managing aims, power, politics, trust, cultural diversity and the darker side of organising. The course embassies the relationships between theory and practice; putting emphasis on the theoretical underpinnings and debates surrounding the themes whilst at the same time requiring students to draw on their own experience. Achieving the intended learning outcomes (covering both knowledge and skills) fully supports this dual aim.
A1: Inter-organisational collaboration, organisational behaviour, and international management theories and concepts relevant to managing across organisational and cultural boundaries.
A2: Themes and challenges pertaining to organizing and managing across intra, inter-organisational and international contexts including the management of aims, power, politics, trust, cultural diversity and the darker side of organising.
B1: Use conceptual frameworks to describe functions of organising and managing in and across organisational and international contexts.
B2: Identify and critically assess different perspectives on managing and organising.
B3: Synthesise, critically evaluate and challenge course relevant theories of inter-organisational collaboration, organisational behaviour, and international management.
B4: Critically evaluate theories in relation to personal experiences, organisational, inter-organisational and international setting with which you are familiar and the relative standpoints of others within different contexts.
C1: Use and adopt relevant concepts and theories to practically engage with a range of problems and issues in the work place.
C2: Use specific inter-organisational collaboration, organisational behaviour, and international management knowledge, cognitive and key skills developed during the course to enhance individual work / practice.
D. Key transferable skills.
D1: Read and interpret information presented in a variety of forms including academic journals, books and on-line text.
D2: Articulate ideas and communicate effectively using appropriate interorganisational collaboration, organisational behaviour, and international management theories and concepts. D3: Identify and ask questions appropriate to the exploration and complex concepts.
D4: Engage in reflective, experiential and collaborative learning in face to face and virtual context.
By the end of the course students will be enabled to critically reflect on and analyse workplace situations and their own ways of managing. It is ‘solution oriented’ to help students to not only understand work situations from a manager’s perspective, but also to help them to work out what to do, given that they may not be in charge of the organisation they work for. As they work through activities, problems and solutions, they will question the idea that there are single solutions or issues or that there is ‘one best way’. they will come to understand the constraints, choices and demands that operate and learn when to work within them and when and how they may be able to bring about change.
Module 1 : Managing
A1: the role and context of managerial work with particular reference to the development of own practice.
A2: managerial skills ( including problem solving , decision making, information gathering treatment and presentation)
Module 2:
A3: Key processes of people management, incorporating the recruitment and development of staff and the management and leadership of individuals, teams and change.
A4: Behavioural aspects of the management of leadership of individuals, teams and change.
B1:apply management concepts to work context.
B2: analyse and critically reflect on work practice and professional self knowledge.
B3: solve management problems through the use of the analytical skills including problem identification, analysis, logic, thinking and judgement to the advantage of one's own organization.
C1: Setting objectives for developing and implementing Operational plans for the area of responsibility.
C2: Reviewing and evaluating performance and practice.
C3: reflecting and questioning.
C4: presenting and reporting information.
C5: problem solving, innovation and decision-making.
C6: Managing business processes.
D1: Use interpersonal skills including those involved in team working and collaborating.
D2: communicate effectively , using management vocabulary, both orally and in writing and listen actively .
D3: Gather, handle , present and use information effectively; analyse and evaluate numerical data and information for specific purposes; use information technologies.
D4: Demonstrate numeracy and literacy
At the end of the module, learners will be expected to:
A1: Understand performing various calculations that are relevant and mostly used in finance and accounting function of a business.
A2: Identify keys of financing and investment concepts like Annuity, Annual Percentage Yield, Rate of Return etc.
A3: Understand tools and techniques that are widely used in investment field by general investors and their relevance in making crucial financing and investment decisions.
A4: Describe the relevance of core financing and investment concepts that help corporates in making short-term and long-term business decisions.
At the end of the module learners will be expected to:
B1: Knowledge to develop interpreting and commenting on a computed valueB2: Apply and integrate mathematics in day-to-day personal financing decisions made. B3: Analyse mathematical models for problems solving.B4: Knowledge to use mathematical techniques in the right manner and in the right environment.
C. Practical and professional skills
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At the end of the module, learners will be expected to know:
C1: Reflect on skills needed to deal with numbers and interpret them according to the scenario given.
C2: Knowledge and techniques to use calculator to perform various calculations
.C3: Knowledge and skills to analyse given scenarios and recommend actions accordingly
D Key transferable skills
D1: Gain knowledge and skills to work independently as well as in a team meeting the expectationsD2: Acquire skills and knowledge on mathematical concepts and business calculations that have practical relevance in the business environment.
D3: Recognise variety of calculations and interpret those calculated values better that goes hand in hand with the scenario provided.
A1: Understand data collection methods, presenting data in tables and graphs, perform simple statistical analysis manually.
A2: Understand calculating statistical variables that are relevant for making certain decisions within an organization and interpreting those variables appropriately.
A3: Explain how to make judgments in selecting and using the right technique for analysing the given data set/scenario and making inferences on the calculated values, so better conclusions on the given problems can be made.
A4: Identify specific problems faced by an organization and using appropriate techniques to analyse that problem well and establishing conclusions on the problems being studied.
B1: Conceptual understanding for a given problem well and use data for performing some analysis on the scenario given. B2: the ability to integrate statistical techniques in solving business related problems and interpret calculated values well. B3: Apply appropriate statistical technique for analysing a scenario and understand the scenario in a broader sense through analysis done.
B4: Knowledge to use tables and charts for presenting and analysing the data.
C1: Manage to use various statistical techniques for exploring, summarising, presenting, analysing, and interpreting data.
C2: Reflect on quantitative concepts and models on the unstructured scenario given and analyse the scenario and suggest recommendations for solving an issue through statistical inferences
Upon completion of this module, learners will be expected to:
D1: Gain skills to effective performance in a team-based assignment with other team members with good inputs like data analysis and inferences. D2: Acquire skills to deal with numbers and estimate appropriate solutions for a given problem based on statistical analysis performed.
D3: Effective communications, of information, arguments and ideas using language and styles appropriate for a business context and audience.
The primary objective is to give the student an understanding of basic business principles. Global business, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, information technology, and financial management. Another purpose of this course is to build a foundation of knowledge on the different theoretical approaches to management and decision making • develop analytical skills to identify the links between the functional areas in management, organisations, management practices and the business environment.
The goals of this course is to provide the students with relevant information on the nature and legal terminology of employment law, the most common laws and how they affect organizations and the legal principles applicable to a wide range of work-related concerns.
On successful completion of this course students are expected to be able to:
In this module, staffing is treated as an integrated process that begins with an understanding of a company's business strategy and continues through planning, sourcing, recruiting, selecting, negotiating, socializing, career planning, retaining, and transitioning the workforce. These stages enable organizations to meet hiring objectives and ensure that talent is in the right place at the right time.On successful completion of this module, students are expected to:
The aims of the HRM 210 module include the development of students’ knowledge of the skills, competencies, and practical elements for employee development and performance enhancement in organizations. This module helps the students in addressing the main components of training evaluation, including the estimation of training costs and benefits, the ability to develop training assessment guidelines and to capitalize on results to further improve the quality and outcomes of training programs. It also helps decisions making process concerning the training and development function.
The purpose of the course is to introduce students to a variety of models and theories of compensation practice and its role in promoting competitive advantage for the companies. The objectives of the module are to provide students with knowledge to examine the context of compensation practice, design and challenges facing compensation professionals.
The module introduces students to the Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) and its regulations. It provides student with adequate understanding of how to prevent/reduce problems or hazards associated with the workplace. The module explains the nature of workplace safety, why it is important and how it affects an organization. It explains precautionary measures to facilitate generating a safer work environment. Common issues in workplace health and safety areas are considered in this course, including laws and regulations, employee health, safety management, the audit process, hazard identification, risk management, incident reporting, incident management, and incident investigation.
The primary objective of this course is to provide students with a critical understanding of the theories, principles, historical trends, current issues and practices relevant to human resource management strategy in organisations. On successful completion of this course students will be able to recognise the opportunities and challenges facing contemporary human resource management; encourage an approach which views strategic human resource management as a core element of the overall organisational strategy rather than a purely procedural or reactive activity; and develop knowledge of the skills required by organisational leaders for successfully managing human and knowledge capital.
LB170’s design will be relevant for students from OUBS Openings to Level 2 courses. Students’ confidence, performance and progression potentials will be enhanced and ultimately academic standards will be positively influenced as well as widening participation, retention and completion rates. The emphasis in the course is on processes and practices (the ‘skills’) of communication rather than on content in a ‘traditional’ academic sense. As such the course reverses the balance present in other OUBS courses where communication skills are fore grounded but are always at the service of the course content and consequently occupy a less significant position in the learning outcomes. The model of communication skill development outlined above is a positive rather than a deficit model. It draws on current thinking about literacy development in which a more traditional skills development model which treats communication as an all-purpose set of skills with universal application is overlain, firstly, with a model that places literacy in context and sees literacy practices as situated within particular spheres of activity (in this case, business, broadly, and business studies more specifically). Secondly it draws on a model that highlights the ideological and personal investment that come into play when individuals and organisations engage in communicative acts.
A1: Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and Phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.The internal and external factors affecting business organisations and their stakeholders.
A2: understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance in one’s major such as the operation and management of the HR function of a business organisation.
A3: Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
A4: Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit meaning. Such as the operation and management of the marketing function of a business organisation.
B1 After studying the course, the student will have developed the language they need to exercise the following thinking and communication skills and have developed a critical perspective on this language in the light of a range of alternative, available language and communication practices:
B2: recognize, compare and contrast different ways of analysing business case studies and other material about contemporary business practice.
B3: apply their knowledge in the analysis of practical business problems and issues.
B4: recognize, compare and contrast different interpretations of and approaches to practical business problems and issues.
C1: analyse work-related cases and situations to identify problems in the organization and management of a functional area.
C2: identify and communicate potential solutions based on knowledge of theory and apply it to their own work situation.
C3: related the communication skills needed for academic study to those needed in the workplace.
D1: Read and précis written text materials for key salient points.
D2: communicate effectively in writing, showing recognition of audience and purpose.
D3: select data, information and ideas from different sources and present in an appropriate fashion to support an argument.
