MM32610 - ORGANISATION THEORY: MOTIVATION AND CONTROL

Module Identifier	MM32610
Module Title	ORGANISATION THEORY: MOTIVATION AND CONTROL
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr Jack Eaton
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-Requisite	EC30230 or (EC31310 and EC31410)
Co-Requisite	MM32710
Course delivery	Lecture	18 Hours including a revision seminar
Assessment	Course work		33%
	Exam	1.5 Hours	67%

Aims

The module considers various managerial strategies to achieve control and the interaction between control and motivation, with the focus primarily at the level of the work group. The attempt to define a science of organisations in order to assist management gave rise to various schools of thought through the 20th century; and to help the students secure some sort of grip on the extensive jargon and conceptual apparatus of Organisation Theory, a mainly chronological approach is utilised. The inter-connectedness of the various topics is also emphasised.

Learning outcomes

On completion students will be able to:

Understand the four main approaches to achieving control: (a) personal, centralised; (b) bureaucratic; (c) output; (d) cultural

Appreciate the imporatance of control in management;
Evaluate why motivation has been considered to be of such crucial importance in the study of organisations;
Demonstrate the importance of group dynamics as affecting team work, leadership and the recurrent attempts to secure the

Understand the vital organisational effects of new technology and the importance of the management of change in order to

Reading Lists

Books
H Drummond. Organizational Behaviour.
D Buchanan and A Huczynski. Organizational Behaviour.
J Martin. Organizational Behaviour.
S Dawson. Analysing Organizations.
S Jackson & P Carter. Rethinking Organizaitonal Behaviour.