MM32610 - ORGANISATION THEORY: MOTIVATION AND CONTROL

Module Identifier

MM32610

Module Title

ORGANISATION THEORY: MOTIVATION AND CONTROL

Academic Year

2004/2005

Co-ordinator

Dr Jack Eaton

Semester

Semester 1

Course delivery

Lecture

18 Hours including a revision seminar

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Exam	1.5 Hours	66%
Semester Assessment		34%
Supplementary Exam	1.5 Hours	66%
Supplementary Assessment	1 x Essay	34%

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
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

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.

Reading Lists

Books
H Drummond Organizational Behaviour Oxford University Press
D Buchanan and A Huczynski Organizational Behaviour Prentice Hall
J Martin Organizational Behaviour Thomson
S Dawson Analysing Organizations Macmillan
S Jackson & P Carter Rethinking Organizaitonal Behaviour Pitman/FT

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6