Postgraduate Course: Performance Management (CMSE11559)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course identifies the knowledge and skills needed for effective management of individual and team performance and examines the design of performance management systems that aim to transform organisational objectives into performance outcomes. |
| Course description |
Performance management is concerned with identifying, measuring and developing the performance of individuals and teams and aligning their performance with the strategic objectives of the organisations. Implementing performance management systems is related with many advantages in the organisations, such as increased employee motivation, competences and self-esteem, clearly defined job descriptions and goals, identification of under performers, enhanced employee engagement and commitment, among others.
Performance management topics covered in the course are job analysis; performance measurement focusing on results and behaviours, current issues and practices in performance appraisal, performance development and development tactics, as well as the role of data and technology in performance management
The topics covered in the course range from the analysis of several components of the performance management process through an examination of approaches to performance measurement, to implementing a performance management system and considering different activities and techniques to improve employee performance. Throughout the course, learning will take place through a combination of semi-formal lectures, in-class exercises and case study analyses.
Student learning experience:
Tutorial/seminar hours represent the minimum total live hours - online or in-person - a student can expect to receive on this course. These hours may be delivered in tutorial/seminar, lecture, workshop or other interactive whole class or small group format. These live hours may be supplemented by pre-recorded lecture material for students to engage with asynchronously.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 15,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
83 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% coursework (individual) - assesses all course's Learning Outcomes. |
| Feedback |
Formative: Students may ask questions in, before and after lectures to assess their knowledge.
Summative: Summative feedback will be provided on the assessment. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- To explain the concept of performance management and different advantages of implementing well-designed performance management systems.
- To explain and understand that performance management is an on-going process composed of several sub-processes, such as performance planning, execution, assessment, and review.
- To understand different approaches to performance measurement.
- To design a performance management system.
- To understand and develop key skills involved in effective performance management.
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Reading List
| Herman Aguinis (2011) Performance management (4th edition) |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Knowledge and Understanding
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of contemporary organisational disciplines; comprehend the role of business within the contemporary world; and critically evaluate and synthesise primary and secondary research and sources of evidence in order to make, and present, well informed and transparent organisation-related decisions, which have a positive global impact.
Identify, define and analyse theoretical and applied business and management problems, and develop approaches, informed by an understanding of appropriate quantitative and/or qualitative techniques, to explore and solve them responsibly.
Practice: Applied Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Apply creative, innovative, entrepreneurial, sustainable and responsible business solutions to address social, economic and environmental global challenges.
Work with a variety of organisations, their stakeholders, and the communities they serve -learning from them, and aiding them to achieve responsible, sustainable and enterprising solutions to complex problems.
Cognitive Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Be self-motivated; curious; show initiative; set, achieve and surpass goals; as well as demonstrating adaptability, capable of handling complexity and ambiguity, with a willingness to learn; as well as being able to demonstrate the use digital and other tools to carry out tasks effectively, productively, and with attention to quality.
Communication, ICT, and Numeracy Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Convey meaning and message through a wide range of communication tools, including digital technology and social media; to understand how to use these tools to communicate in ways that sustain positive and responsible relationships.
Critically evaluate and present digital and other sources, research methods, data and information; discern their limitations, accuracy, validity, reliability and suitability; and apply responsibly in a wide variety of organisational contexts.
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Yumeng Yue
Tel: (0131 6)50 3809
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Course secretary | Miss Lauren Millson
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
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