MN52111: Managing engineering and technology organisations
[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CWOG 40%, EXCB 60% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Strategic presentation to senior management team (CWOG 40%)
- Exam (EXCB 60%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
Evaluate the strategy and marketing techniques of engineering and technology organisations
- Formulate strategic recommendations given a business scenario for more sustainable business models
- Assess key financial statements, costing, and appraisal techniques to facilitate managerial decision making
- Evaluate organisational structure and its effectiveness
- Assess the contribution of human resource management to organisational performance
- Apply decision making techniques to management problems
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| Synopsis: | Develop a solid grounding in key managerial disciplines like strategy, marketing, finance, human resources and decision-making. You will apply management practices to business scenarios, assess current practice and make recommendations for a sustainable future. Working individually and in teams, you'll develop your analytical and presentation skills by exploring the operational performance of complex engineering- or technology-driven organisations.
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| Content: | This unit will cover key managerial principles. Examples of topics that may be taught, in different academic sessions, are:
Strategy and Marketing:
- Importance, definitions, and practical examples of strategy
- Strategy development tools, techniques, and processes
- Understanding consumers and business clients
- Developing Marketing Strategies
Accounting & Finance:
- Financial accounting and analysis
- Management accounting
- Investment decision making
Human Resource Management:
- Organisational effectiveness
- Recruitment and selection
Decision making:
- Challenges of decision making
- Tools and techniques (e.g. SMART, Scenario planning)
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| Course availability: |
MN52111 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
School of Management
- TMMN-AFM68 : MSc Innovation and Technology Management
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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