This course covers the nuts and bolts of management with the aim of forging successful management practitioners. However, its aim not only produce managers that are competent, but managers who are also prepared to assume a positive role in our society and on our planet, and to do so ethically, responsibly, and sustainably – in short, professional managers for the 21^st century. 

The course covers the basic management frameworks and practices, using the POLC framework: planning, organisation, leadership and control. It covers decision making, communication, strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship, individual and team motivation, presenting not only the ‘classic’ tried and tested concepts and contents, but up-to-date insights into the frontiers and fringes of knowledge.

Students who successfully complete the course will be able to:

·         Understand basic management frameworks and practices in theory;

·         Critically analyse and challenge traditional management frameworks;

·         Appreciate how management concepts work in practice;

·         Analyse organisational structures;

·         Examine the business environment and undertake strategic planning;

·         Understand the importance of individual and team behaviour;

·         Identify characteristics of effective control.

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ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS AND EXAMINATION POLICY

Students are allowed up to three absences without need for justification or notification. Furher absences beyond the allowed three will result in a reduction in class participation grade.