Management Control (BS0180)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MSE-P-BS0180

Management control in companies achieves co-ordination and synergies between the diverse talents of individuals. Control also secures the implementation of company strategy. A variety of methods are used to obtain control- ranging from direct surveillance to feedback systems to social and cultural controls. This option studies managers four levers of control: belief systems; boundary systems; diagnostic control systems; and interactive control systems. These levers are utilised to transmit and process information whenever managers make efforts to maintain or alter patterns of business activity.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : PGs Only

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Business Studies, (Management School and Economics, Schedule H)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Block 5 only

? Contact Teaching Time : 30 hour(s) per week for 1 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

-The ability to analyse and critique the managerial controls of organisations.
-The acquisition of knowledge sufficient to discuss and defend possible solutions to common control issues in companies.
-An understanding of the control issues present in five 'real-time', 'real-life' companies.
-An enhancement of the skills necessary to operate as effective managers of complex control situations

Assessment Information

This year the course is running as an intensive one week option. In order to fit this format the assessment will take the form of a project (details will be given out at the beginning of the week).