School of Management, Unit Catalogue 2007/08 |
MN50375 Management and emotion |
| Credits: 3 |
| Level: Masters |
| Semester: 2 |
| Assessment: CW 100% |
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Aims: The course aims:
* to sensitize students to different emotion perspectives on management and organizations. * to identify and critically reflect on both introductory and advanced emotion literatures, debates and case studies * to explore the implications of emotion theory for practice in complex interpersonal and organizational settings. Learning Outcomes: Following the course, students will have: * A critical awareness of the concepts that underpin the way emotion works in practice in organizations * An understanding of the emotional implications of their own and others' actions in management settings * Different ways of appreciating the emotional and performance consequences of key organizational decisions. * An ability to analyze and evaluate complex organizational problems through different emotion lenses. Skills: Key skills include: * A facility to apply emotion perspectives and models to a range of organizational problematics * Competence at linking emotion theory with actual business case accounts * Skills evaluating organizational actions or intentions for their emotional meanings and consequences. Content: The topics covered will include: * What is emotion? Can we be 'emotionally intelligent'? * The mixed emotions of leadership * Unraveling bullying and harassment * The emotional challenge of change * Stressed-out or managing stress? |