WELCOME TO PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT (MGT 1067Y)

This module is a 6-credit module and spread over 2 semesters.

1. AIMS OF THE MODULE

The aims of this module are to enable students to grasp basic management concepts and to
understand the role and functions of management in organisations and in relation to the
environment, both internal and external. Students will also gain an understanding of organisation
structure and function.

2. SYLLABUS OUTLINE

In this course, you will have the opportunity to get an overview of the different topics that will
be covered as follows:

The Environment of Organisations: evolution of management theory and concepts; functional

areas of management: Production, Finance, HR and Marketing, the managerial functions of
Planning, Leading, Organising, and Controlling; Managerial Skills.

Managing Individuals in Organisations: organisational behaviour; managing differences;

motivation; managing groups and teams; conflict and co-operation; power and politics;
leadership.

Managing Structure and Processes: organisational structure; job design; restructuring and
Change, communications; Change.
 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS

Unit 1: Introduction to Management

Unit 2: Evolution of Management Theories
Unit 3: Planning and Decision Making
Unit 4: Organising
Unit 5: Leading
Unit 6: Control
Unit 7: Motivation
Unit 8: Introduction to Organizational Behaviour
Unit 9: Groups and Teams
Unit 10: Ethics and CSR

4. LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THE MODULE

By the end of this module, you should be able to do the following:

• understand the evolution of the business organisation and management thought, identifying the
interconnections between developments in these areas

• discuss about, compare and evaluate the different approaches to management and alternative
theories of management critically

• discuss about managerial skills, roles and functions

• explore the impact of key environmental factors on management such as decision making and
organisational behaviour

• discuss about the significance of contemporary issues in business and management.

 5. MODULE MAP - Semester 1 (August – November 2018)

Week Lecture Titles Topics

o The objective of this session is to introduce the
Introduction to the
1 module, the delivery mode and the means of assessment
module
o What is Management?
Introduction to o Who are Managers?
2 Management o Management Skills
o Management Functions

Introduction to o Management Roles

3 Management o Challenges faced by Managers

Evolution of o Classical School

4 Management Theories o Behavioural Management

Evolution of o Management Science

5 Management Theories o Contemporary Theories

o What is Planning?
o Importance of Planning
Managerial Functions: o Benefits of Planning
Planning and Decision o Types of Planning
6
Making o Approaches to Planning
o Management by Objective
o Barriers to Planning

o Steps in Decision making process

o Approaches to Decision Making
Managerial Functions:
o Bounded Rationality and Perfect Rationality
Planning and Decision
7 o The role of Intuition in Decision Making
making
o Decision conditions of Certainty, Uncertainty and Risk and
different Types of Decision Problems

o What is the Organising Function?

Managerial Functions:
o Purposes of Organising Function
8 Organising
o Organisational Design

o Factors affecting Organisational Design

Managerial Functions:
9 o Traditional Organisational Designs
Organising o Contemporary Organisational Designs
Managerial Functions: o Trait Theories
10 Leading o Behavioural Theories
 o Contingency Theories
Managerial Functions:
o Emerging Theories
11 Leading
o Difference between a Manager and Leader

12 Revision for Weeks 2-11/ Case Study

13 CLASS TEST
o Role and Importance of Control
o Types and Levels of Control Systems
Managerial Functions: o Control Process
14 Control o Approaches to Implementing Controls
o Characteristics of an Effective Control system
o Potential Dysfunctional Aspects of Control systems

15 Revision Week

MODULE MAP - Semester 2 (January –May 2019)

Week Lecture Titles Topics

Revision Topics Covered in Semester 1
1
Motivation o The Motivation Process
o Importance of Motivation
2 o Need based Perspective
o Process Perspective

Motivation o Reinforcement Theory

o Motivation and Reward System
3 o Non-monetary ways of Motivation
o Other Theories

Case Study
4
Introduction to o Definition of OB
Organisation Behaviour o Goals of OB
5
o OB Frameworks

The Individual in o Personality

Organisations o Attitudes
6 o Perception
o Values
 Groups and Teams o What is a Group?
o Stages of Group Development
7
o Factors affecting Group Behaviour

Groups and Teams o What is a Team?

o Types of Team
8
o Creating Effectiveness Teams

Managing Conflicts o What is conflict?

o Diverging Schools of Thoughts about Conflicts
9 o Conflict Process
o Approaches to Managing Conflict

10 Revision for Weeks 1-9/ Case Study

Ethics o What is Ethics?

o Different Perspectives
11 o Improving Ethical Behaviour at the
work place.

Corporate Social o What is Corporate Social

Responsibility Responsibility (CSR)?
12 o CSR in Today’s World

Presentation
13
Presentation
14
Revision Week
15

6. ASSESSMENT

Assessment Weightage (%) Duration

Continuous Assessment

Assignment (To be 15% Submission in 2nd Semester

conducted in groups of 5 to (April 2019)
6) Week 12
 Class Test 15 % 1 hour (03 November 2018)

Examinations

Exams 70 % 3 hours written paper (May

2019)

Total Marks 100 %

Online participation: 5% marks. Activities pertaining to every unit/ chapter are included on the
Moodle platform.

A minimum of 30% should be attained in each of continuous assessment and written

examination, with an overall total of 40% for you to pass a module. Scoring less than 40% at the
end of the year will require the student to re-sit for the module.

7. RECOMMENDED BOOK

 Robbins, S., & Coulter, M. (2012). Management.

Recommended Additional Readings

 Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. (2012). Essentials of organizational behavior. Boston:
Pearson.

 Mullins, L.J. Management and Organisational Behaviour. (2010) ninth edition. Pearson
Education, Essex.

 Boddy, D. Management: An Introduction. (2008) fourth edition. FT Prentice Hall.

 Harvard Business Review

Related websites and links for each topic/week are included under either ‘Learning Resources’ or
‘Additional Readings’ on the Moodle platform.