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Postgraduate Course: Managing Changing Organisations (BUST11003)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaBusiness Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionBehaviour in Organisations is a research based, topics course that focuses on issues related to the approaches and objectives associated with people-related aspects of organisational change programmes. The course is relevant for those who have already been involved in change programmes because it is designed to compare theory with actual practice. At the same time, the course is useful for those who have no experience of managing change because it takes account of the complexity of managerial existence in modern organisations, and deals with some of the underlying issues confronting managers in organisations prioritising increased efficiency and reduced operational costs.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The planned learning experience provided by this course is organised around lectures that each deliver an identifiable topic. However, what links these topics is (i). that they relate to the fundamental tension within managerial theory and practice concerning approaches to managing human resources, and (ii) they each represent an area of current management interest and practice concerned with improving organisational effectiveness and overall performance and (iii) they relate to changing patterns of working practices and on-going changes in the 'employment relationship'. The initial lecture provides an overview of salient problematic issues associated with organisational change processes, and subsequent lectures focus on specific means and objectives of changes related to employment practices
Assessment Information
Degree Examination
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr James Hine
Tel: (0131 6)50 3805
Email: J.A.Hine@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Freda Paterson
Tel: (0131 6)50 8065
Email: f.paterson@ed.ac.uk
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