Professor Paul Willman

MSc Management students only.

 basic grounding in the key management disciplines which will be taught chronologically. Students will therefore be provided with an overview of the development of Management disciplines and will develop an understanding of the disciplinary anchors in Sociology, Psychology and Economics. Each field will cover Origins and disciplinary boundaries, triggers for growth, core concepts and the current state of play and debate.

1: Course Introduction and the Origins of Management

2: Management and the Firm

3: Taylorism, Motivation, and Performance

4: The Rise and Decline of Labour

5: The Rise of Human Resources Management

6: Decision Making

7: Understanding Organisational Structures

8: The Origins of Modern Strategy

 9: Analysis of Organisations

10: Contemporary Strategic Management: Firms as Bundles of Resources

11: Finance: Foundational Concepts

12: Financial Accounting 1

13: Financial Accounting 2

14: Management Accounting 1

15: Management Accounting 2

16: Management Accounting 3

17: Origins of Management Science

18: Marketing 1

19: Marketing 2

20: Marketing 3

10 x 2 hour lectures in Michaelmas term and 10 x 2 hour seminars in Lent term. Weekly two-hour seminars in each term in which some seminars will be workshops around technical material such as core applications or techniques.

A 2,000 word formative essay in week 8 of MT.

D. A. Wren and A.G Bedeian, The Evolution of Management Thought, Sixth Edition, Wiley 2009. A full reading list will be provided at the beginning of the course.

Three hour examination in ST (75%) and one assessed essay of 2,500 words (25%) to be submitted in week 2 of LT.