Undergraduate Course: Managing Professional Life (EDUA10203)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education and Sport |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course focuses on the organisational context of community education practice in a variety of statutory and voluntary sector settings. |
| Course description |
Participants on this course will consider what is involved in building organisations and being responsible for their own and others' work. The emphasis is on applied knowledge and understanding in areas such as supervision, teamwork, planning and development, finance and funding, evaluation and accountability. The skills and activities of management are considered with reference to the current policy context and in relation to differing interpretations of the management function.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Students will be able to Identify influences on, and competing understandings of, professional identity and the problematic relationship between policy-making and management in a professional setting.
- Students will be able to elaborate a coherent approach to staff development in professional settings
- Students will be able to explain the nature of power and authority in organisations as well as analyse mechanisms and identify appropriate methods for decision making in organisations
- Students will be able to offer a critically informed analysis and review of examples of the assessment and evaluation of programmes and projects
- Students will be able to offer a professional level of insight to describe and review a strategic approach to raising and controlling funds
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Reading List
Adirondack, A. (2006) Just About Managing: Effective Management for Voluntary Organisations and Community Groups, London: London Voluntary Service Council.
Alvesson, M. Bridgman, T. and Willmott H. Eds. (2011) Oxford handbook of critical management studies, Oxford University Press.
Bratton, J. & Gold, J. (2017) Human Resource Management: theory and practice, 6th Edition, Basingstoke, Palsgrave Macmillan.
Clegg, S.R., Kornberger, M., Pitsis, T.S. (2016) Managing and Organizations: an introduction to theory and practice, 4th Edition, London, Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications.
Davis-Smith, Rochester & Hedley (eds) (2005 An introduction to the voluntary sector, London; Rutledge.
Grey, C. (2017) A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Organizations, 4th Edition, Sage Publications.
Hudson, M (2017) Managing Without Profit: Leadership, governance and management of civil society organisations,4th edition, London; Directory of Social Change.
Linstead, S., Fulop, L. and Lilley, S. (2004) Management and Organization: a critical text, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Introduction.
Mullins, L. & Christy, G. (2016) Management and Organisational Behaviour, 11th Edition, London: Pitman Publishing. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
APPLY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING:
1. In using a wide range of the principal professional skills, techniques, practices and/or materials associated with the subject/discipline/sector.
GENERIC COGNITIVE SKILLS;
2. Critically identify, define, conceptualise and analyse complex/professional problems and issues.
3.Offer professional insights, interpretations and solutions to problems and issues.
4.Demonstrate some originality and creativity in dealing with professional issues.
AUTONOMY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND WORKING WITH OTHERS
5.Exercise autonomy and initiative in professional/equivalent activities.
6. Exercise significant managerial responsibility for the work of others and for a range of resources.
7. Manage complex ethical and professional issues in accordance with current professional and/or ethical codes or practices.
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Students will engage in lectures and tutor led tutorials via the hybrid model incorporating either on campus or on line delivery. |
| Keywords | Community Education,management,organisations,public sector,voluntary sector |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Gary Fraser
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Course secretary | Mrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
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