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MBA - General Management

Leading Organisation

Programme Objectives

The programme has the following aims:

To enable the advanced study of organisations, their management and the changing external context in which they operate
Equip individuals for and/or development of a career in business and management by developing skills at a professional or equivalent level to assume senior managerial and leadership positions in business
Development of the ability to apply knowledge and understanding of business and management to complex issues, both systematically and creatively, to improve business and management leadership and practice.
Enhancement of lifelong learning and personal development so as to be able to work with self-direction and originality and to contribute to business and society at large.

Benefits

At the end of the programme the successful student will have the ability to:

Demonstrate critical understanding of management theories, current issues of management, the development of conceptual frameworks to guide their application within organisations.
Acquire a strong foundation in key functional areas of business management to enable them to succeed as effective managers/leaders in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment.
Acquire and use a range of concepts, tools and techniques for problem solving and decision-making for analyzing complex and inter-related business scenarios.
Demonstrate and apply independent research and critical skills enabling the investigation and evaluation of valid and relevant management issues and practices.
Demonstrate initiative, insight, attitudes of responsibility and ethical leadership in the development of the strategic management agenda in the organization the participant works in or expected to work in the future.

Programme Content

Overview

No. of Credits:	7.5 ECTS
Credit Level:	Master Mandatory
Pre-requisite:	None
Co-requisite:	None
Module Description	The aim of this module is to encourage the development of knowledge, understanding and skills for strategic leadership of change. The challenges to managers/leaders seeking to lead through the use of strategic management centre on envisioning strategic directions, the development of managers and employees committed to, and equipped for, major strategic change, and the development of a high-level organisational capacity for innovation and learning.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, students will be able to:

Analyse a strategic context of an organisation and envision necessary directions and activities.
Evaluate and select appropriate processes or actions for developing the potential of managers and employees for engaging in critical and strategic thinking (e.g. involvement in decision making, empowerment, information, concern, etc).
Evaluate opportunities and strategies for developing partnerships with other organisations to achieve strategic goals.

Indicative Content / Areas of Study

Shaping an organisation for strategic change.
- Shaping and Building Organisation’s Identity
- Shaping and Building the Organisation’s Business Doctrine
- Shaping and Building the Organisation’s Work Culture
- Shaping and Building the Organisation’s Future Vision and Mission

Leadership attributes and credibility.
- Roles of Leadership in Change Management
- Types and Styles of Leadership
- Attributes of Leadership and Credibility
- Different Leadership for Different Phases of Change

Leadership of change at multiple levels of the organisation.
- Leadership and Roadmap for Change
- Communicating and Aligning Change
- Building and Engaging Teams to Facilitate Change

Empowerment of managers.
- Trust and Delegation
- Responsibility and Accountability
- Decision Making and Risk Taking

Developing receptiveness to reform and innovation.
- Education and Training
- Dealing with Resistance To Change
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Creating a Safe Environment For Risk Taking and Innovation

Handling conflict during strategic changes.
- Use of Influence
- Use of Persuasion
- Conflict Resolution

Networking and partnerships.
- Establishing internal work or project Networks for collaboration
- Establishing external network for collaborative partnerships of common interest

Ethical leadership behaviour.
- Leadership Behaviour and Impact on Leading Organisations
- Case studies of Ethical versus Unethical Leadership

Teaching and Learning Strategy

Student centered learning will be strongly encouraged and developed. Cooperative Learning and Problem-Based Learning will be infused into the teaching-learning-assessment strategies.

Group discussion, case analysis and self directed learning resources will be available to support the delivery and the appropriate assessment tools / tasks will be used to assess the intended learning outcomes.

Mode A: Fully taught

36 hours4 hours120 hours160 hours

Lectures – Tutorials:
Online interaction:
Directed Independent Learning:
Total:

Mode B: Blended

18 hours18 hours124 hours160 hours

Lectures –Tutorials:
Online Learning:
Directed Independent Learning:
Total:

Mode C: Fully Online

Recorded Video Lectures:18 Hours Online Learning:18 hours Directed Independent Learning:124 hours Total:160 hours

Assessment:

Assessment Weighting: 100%Coursework
A written management report of 3500-4000 words involving the analysis and evaluation of leadership and transformation strategies, selecting appropriate processes or actions for developing the potential of managers and employees for engaging in critical and strategic thinking and organisation development practices in organisations.

Resources

Course Materials provided by IPE - PARIS

Esther Cameron and Mike Green, Making Sense Of Change Management, 3rd Edition, 2012, Kogan Page.
Jeremy Tozer, Leading Through Leaders, 2012, Kogan Page
IPE - PARIS Online Learning Portal online resources
IPE - PARIS E Library

Regulations: Conforms to the relevant PG regulatory framework at IPE - PARIS.