PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

COURSES	KEY CONTENTS
Employment Relations and Law	The contribution of employment relations and its contemporary focus. Managerial control with different theories and perspectives for employment relations and identification and selection of choices for the management of employment relations The impact of organisational factors and workforce diversity within a national and global context in shaping the employment relations climate. Union and non-union approaches, management functions and ideology and the aim, objectives and role of the state. Managing interpersonal conflict in the workplace both individually and collectively Defining contracts of employment, written statements of major terms and conditions, the rights and duties of employers and employees Unfair dismissal, ‘admissible reasons’ remedies for breach of contract; constructive dismissal, express and implied terms, wrongful dismissal, retirement – the process and constraints of Redundancy, notification and consultation, developing selection criteria, communication, post redundancy handling, statutory redundancy pay Sex or marital status, race, ethnicity or national origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability, age, part time and fixed term work and the employment of ex-offenders Freedom of association, the law relating to industrial action, Collective bargaining, recognition of trade unions, right of representation, consultation rights, Trade Union Recognition, consequences of trade union recognition, industrial action, official / unofficial action Statutory disciplinary and dismissal procedures, ACAS code of practice. Implications of not following the procedures Composition of tribunals, types of claims heard by tribunals limits to tribunals’ jurisdiction, preparing and responding to an employment tribunal claim.
Project Management, Leadership and Skills: Planning and Control	Project definition, initiation and review Business case and project leadership, management and planning. Schedule development and control Estimation, forecasting and resourcing. Project plan execution. Leading and managing change Change control and configuration management. Cost, budgeting, handling financial information and control; quality planning, assurance and control. Risk and procurement processes. Communication, coaching, decision making, problem-solving and teamwork planning Methodological approaches to planning and control Managing multiple projects
Resourcing, Learning and Talent Management	Key trends in leadership and management development Leadership and management HRM policies and practices Developing effective teams Employment markets: Recruitment and selection; talent management (TM); TM vs. HR practice and global talent Management Coaching and self-directed learning: The shift from training to learning; Management career development Organisational learning Managing organisational change Employees diversity Implications of managing diversity for organisations Cultural differences and stereotyping
Strategic International Business Management	The roles firms wish to have in the global marketplace Environmental scanning to assess country attractiveness Demographic and social trends to assess country attractiveness The nature of strategy; value propositions and positioning theories of strategy The strategic external environment of the firm – strategic groups and industry analysis The strategic internal environment of the firm- resources and capabilities as the source of competitive advantage and economic value Strategic options for international market entry – exporting, franchising, strategic alliances, joint ventures, wholly-owned subsidiaries The “thinking performer” and motivation – the nature of leadership and management; addressing and managing the challenges in being reflective and thinking strategically; addressing and managing the constraints that are encountered in striving to achieve a high standard of performance Leadership in a global context and managing change – exercising leadership and applying change management practices  to enable strategic objectives to be achieved in a global context Performance management and teamwork – conventional and alternative techniques for managing performance and effective teamwork Managing ethnicity, diversity and difference – new forms of organizing globally; strategies for cross-cultural management

Dissertation (Business Innovation Project)

The syllabus will provide a broad, integrated and highly integrated programme of study, designed to facilitate self-management of the research project. Subjects include:

• Research approaches, design and methodology
• Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Business contexts –  large and small organisation perspectives
• External and internal factors and their effects on the behaviour, management and sustainability of organisations
• Internal factors, functions and processes, structures and governance, operations and management
• Self-reflection and criticality in the research process
• Developing skills for reflective, collaborative and adaptive learning

Students will have lectures on

• Selecting suitable research topics
• Literature searching – what constitutes a literature search
• Methods used to collect and analyse primary data
• Methods used to collect and analyse secondary data
• Analysing and presenting research findings