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Continuing Professional Development: MSc Programme Modules (London-based)

ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT (1403)

ORGANISER: Sandra Mounier-Jack

22 February - 23 March 2012 (Wednesday 2pm to Friday 5pm)


AIM
To help participants to become more effective managers by drawing on, and putting to practical use, insights from the administrative sciences, anthropology, social psychology, sociology of organisations, and management.


OBJECTIVES
By the end of the module students should be able to:

  1. define an organisation and management, and list the principal levels of analysis in organisational studies;
  2. describe basic principles which are relevant to the effective management of organisations;
  3. describe key theories that underpin effective management including theories relating to motivation;
  4. list the range of models, approaches and tools that are available to help managers investigate organisational issues;
  5. apply one or more of these models, approaches and tools in a case study based on an organisational problem derived from their own experience.


CONSTITUENCY
The module is suitable for any student at the School.  However, the examples used are mainly drawn from developed countries, with a strong emphasis on experience from the National Health Service.


CONCEPTUAL OUTLINE
The focus of this module is on managing people in health care organisations. Topics covered in the module include:

  1. Managing individuals, managing groups and motivating people.
  2. Strategy and analysis, managing change, and organisational learning.
  3. Managers and health care professionals, organisational roles and goals.
  4. Health care leadership, organisational culture and performance.
  5. Getting organisations working together and managing partnerships.
  6. Managing public services and governance in health care organisations.


TEACHING STRATEGY
The module comprises lectures on aspects of management theory and practical examples of management issues in health and other sectors.  Students will be expected to use their non contact time to read about further aspects of management theory.  Although group work will form a large element of learning during the module, each student will produce their own case study, based on their individual experience or knowledge, which will be individually marked. The students may also choose a case study that will be provided to them by the organizer.  Each case study will be based on some of the concepts listed above and on students' own experience.  Those who have not been a manager will have lived, studied or worked in organisations.  Case studies of health services are preferred, but the module has had first-class case studies of organisations such as schools, universities and social work departments.  Each student's case study will systematically dissect their concrete management problem using theory taken from lectures and recommended readings.


LEARNING TIME
The module is made up of 150 Notional Learning Hours – 30 hours contact time, 40 hours directed self-study, 25 hours self-directed learning, and 55 hours assessment, review and revision.


ASSESSMENT
A case study of a maximum of 2,500 words which deals with: the presenting problem(s); the wider social, political, financial and organisational context; a diagnosis of the underlying problems; and practical recommendations for management intervention (80%).  In addition students give a group presentation towards the end of the module based on an organisational scenario (20%).

FEE

£1,600 including access to LSHTM library and learning resources, study materials and assessment.

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