Postgraduate Course: Management Control (BUST11061)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Business Studies |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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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).
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Inger Seiferheld
Tel: (0131 6)50 3801
Email: Inger.Seiferheld@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Freda Paterson
Tel: (0131 6)50 8065
Email: f.paterson@ed.ac.uk |
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