Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2011/12 |
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 Credits:
| 3 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: This unit aims to: * introduce the discipline of management theory through a discussion of both the wider (macro) view of management theory and the micro view of how people function in organisations. Learning Outcomes: After taking this unit the student should be able to: * to explain the evolution of the discipline of management. * to use the concept of systems to depict the nature of the interaction between civil engineering organisations and their environment. * to understand the functioning of people in an organisations in terms of motivation, teamwork, leadership styles and the nature of management. Skills: Intellectual skills * To understand taught material - taught and assessed Professional/Practical skills * To give students an appropriate understand of management theory in preparation for employment as a graduate in the construction industry - taught and facilitated Transferable/key skills * To communicate ideas in writing - facilitated and assessed. Content: The evolution of management theories - historical setting, key theories and critiques the classical school, the human relations school, the systems school and the contingency school. The environment of organisations - levels - macro environment, micro environment, types - stable, complex, diverse, hostile, effect of environment on the organisation and vice versa The organisational system - inputs, conversion processes, differentiation, integration, structures in organisations: authority, social, power What motivates people - organisations and individuals, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, ERG theory, two factor theory. Job characteristics. Groups in organisations - purposes and types of groups, effectiveness, conflict Leadership - theories: trait, style, contingency, best fit Characteristics and content - Minzberg's six characteristics, Kotter's model. Nature, quantity and pace of work, agenda setting Contrasts and change - job types and differences, Stewart's model, managing change. |
| Programme availability: |
AR40319 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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