Module: Contemporary Management Issues by Barry Simmons Code: BAM3011 The aims of the module are:

To evaluate a range of management theories and their impact on contemporary organisational settings. To critically appraise and explore interactions between different management standpoints. To develop a critical awareness of new management initiatives Indicative Syllabus Content 1. Current management writers, eg. Porter, Drucker, Kotler, Deming. 2. The demographic challenges arising from an ageing workforce. 3. Business ethics and transnational organisations. 4. The challenges arising from cultural diversity: multiculturalism and cultural empathy . 5. Globalisation and regionalisation : complements or competitors? 6. International, political, legal, technological and social challenges facing managers, eg. the need to maintain competitive advantage, the importance of assuring quality, NGOs, the emergence of new markets, equality in the workplace, diversity, maintaining the security and integrity of organisational knowledge. 7. Corporate governance: self-regulation or legislation? 8. Corporations and responding to the demands of social responsibility : from the principal-agent relationship to stakeholding . The future of market capitalism. 9. Exploring the inter-relationships between the topics 1 to 8 noted above in order to help students appreciate the increasingly complex challenges facing managers today. Learning, Teaching and Assessment

This outcome will be assessed by an assignment and an end of module open book exam. The articulation of the learners ideas, and their interpretation within class discussions and seminars relating both to established theory and relevant contemporary issues will provide the learner with the time and opportunity to reflect and internalise these skills. Both assessments will permit the construction of carefully considered and detailed arguments, well founded in both established works, recent journal articles and a full range of relevant, contemporary practical examples from appropriate fields. NB Where this module is offered online (via BoltOnline) lectures and seminars delivered by Elluminate.

Indicative Reading Bhagwati, J. (2004) In Defence of Globalisation, Oxford: Oxford University Press Cartwright, R. (2004) Mastering)The Globalisation of Business, Basingstoke: Palgrave. Cohn T. C. (2005) Global Political Economy: Theory & Practice. 3rd ed. London : Pearson Longman Dellaportas S, (2005) Ethics, Governance & Accountability, Milton, Qld. : Wiley Desai, M. (2004) Marxs Revenge, London: Verso

Dicken, P. (2003) Reshaping the Global Economy in the 21st Century, London: Sage Dunning, J. H. ed. (2003) Making Globalisation Good. Oxford: Oxford University Press Harris, P. and Mc Donald, F. (2004) European Business and Marketing. 2nd ed. London: SAGE Publications Karan, P.P. (2004) The Non-western World. London: Routledge. Mallin, C.A (2004) Corporate Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Morrison, J. (2006) The International Business Environment, 2nd ed. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan (Companion website: www.palgrave.com). Parker, B. (2005) Introduction to Globalisation and Business. London: Sage Porter, M. (1998) The Competitive Advantage of Nations, 2nd ed. Basingstoke : Palgrave Rugman, A. M. and Hodgetts, R. M. (2006) International Business. 4th ed. Harlow: FT/PrenticeHall Shenkar, O. and Luo, Y. (2004) International Business. 2004. Wiley. Solomon J (2006) Corporate Governance and Accountability. 2nd ed. Chichester : John Wiley. Stonehouse G, Campbell D, (2004) Global and Transnational Business: Strategy and Management, 2nd ed. Chichester : John Wiley. Trevino, L. and Nelson, N. (2004) Managing Business Ethics. 3rd ed.Chichester : John Wiley. Wall, S. and Rees, B. (2001) Introduction to Business. Harlow : Financial Times Wallace, P. and Zimkin, J. (2005) Mastering Business in Corporate Governance, Singapore : Wiley, Wearing, R. (2005) Cases in Corporate Governance. London: SAGE Publications. Wild, J., Wild K. and Han, J (2008) International Business. 4th ed. NJ: Prentice Hall. Journals: Shleifer, A. and Vishney, R. (1997) A Survey of Corporate Governance. Journal of Finance, Volume L11, No 2. Some http:// http:// http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk http://www.imf.org http:// http://www.wto.org http://www.un.org http://www.boeing.com http://www.cocacola.com http:// http://www.microsoft.com http://www.ngo.com http://www.corporateaccountability.org http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com http://www.ethics.org http://www.ethicscentre.ca http://www.codesofconduct.org http://www.calpers.org http://www.oecd.org
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