AR40319: Advanced construction management
[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* to explain the evolution of the discipline of management. * to use the concept of systems to depict the nature of the interaction between civil engineering organisations and their environment. * to understand the functioning of people in an organisations in terms of motivation, teamwork, leadership styles and the nature of management. |
| Aims: | This unit aims to:
* introduce the discipline of management theory through a discussion of both the wider (macro) view of management theory and the micro view of how people function in organisations. |
| Skills: | Intellectual skills
* To understand taught material - taught and assessed Professional/Practical skills * To give students an appropriate understand of management theory in preparation for employment as a graduate in the construction industry - taught and facilitated Transferable/key skills * To communicate ideas in writing - facilitated and assessed. |
| Content: | The evolution of management theories - historical setting, key theories and critiques the classical school, the human relations school, the systems school and the contingency school.
The environment of organisations - levels - macro environment, micro environment, types - stable, complex, diverse, hostile, effect of environment on the organisation and vice versa The organisational system - inputs, conversion processes, differentiation, integration, structures in organisations: authority, social, power What motivates people - organisations and individuals, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, ERG theory, two factor theory. Job characteristics. Groups in organisations - purposes and types of groups, effectiveness, conflict Leadership - theories: trait, style, contingency, best fit Characteristics and content - Minzberg's six characteristics, Kotter's model. Nature, quantity and pace of work, agenda setting Contrasts and change - job types and differences, Stewart's model, managing change. |
| Course availability: |
AR40319 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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