Postgraduate Course: Contemporary Issues in Management (CMSE11215)

Course Outline
School	Business School	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	0	ECTS Credits	0
Summary	The course aims to get the students thinking and discussing issues pertaining to management drawing on what they already know (and this expands as the semester proceeds). The course objective is to give students the confidence and experience of debating issues on the managerial agenda without necessarily having the assurance that all the facts and possible knowledge available are within their command. The courses aims and objectives complement those of the range of courses available through the MSc Management. There is no overlap because the course objectives pertain to an integration of knowledge, theorising and argument.
Course description	Drawing on a range of source materials, students explore a different topic each week relating to the field of management. The purpose of the class is to increase awareness and knowledge of contemporary management issues and to allow students the opportunity to discuss and critically analyse source materials, in order to both enhance their understanding of the topics and to practice their analytical and debating skills. Syllabus: A different theme will be covered each week, for example, topics such as business ethics, employee well-being and power in the workplace. Student Learning Experience: To facilitate student learning, a range of source materials will be used throughout the course to direct and stimulate discussion, for example, video clips, newspaper articles, journal articles, Stanford Executive Briefing DVDs. Students are also encouraged to put forward their own ideas for sessions, and to contribute source materials where appropriate to increase engagement in, and relevance of, the course for students. Posters and mini presentations are used in an informal way for students to feedback their ideas to the rest of the class.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching)	Independent Learning
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	N/A
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Discuss critically the observations and arguments of others when discussing managerial topics. Critically evaluate current thinking among some of the world's foremost management thinkers and business leaders. Understand and discuss information about the major companies operating in a wide range of countries, based in part on those discussed in the Stanford Executive Briefings, and other source materials and in part on those mentioned by class members in the course of their discussion and debate