MG302 Half Unit
Topics in Management Research
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Prof Diane Reyniers
Availability
This course is available on the BSc in Management, Erasmus Reciprocal Programme of Study, Exchange Programme for Students from University of California, Berkeley, International Exchange (1 Term) and International Exchange (Full Year). This course is freely available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. It does not require permission. This course is freely available to General Course students. It does not require permission.
This course has a limited number of places (it is capped).
Requisites
Additional requisites:
Third year only.
Course content
This course addresses various interesting topics which will be used to encourage creative and logical thinking, structuring of clear arguments and critical assessment of evidence. The focus is on discussion and interpretation of findings rather than statistical or econometric techniques.
The intellectual backbone of the course is applied and empirical economics (including behavioural economics) and finance but, wherever appropriate contributions from the psychology, sociology and management literature will be discussed. We will mainly deal with issues which are amenable to rigorous empirical investigation. The course is designed around a set of empirical research papers. Examples of questions considered are whether pain killers are more effective when they are expensive, whether creative people cheat more, whether optimistic entrepreneurs earn more.
The main objective of the course is to enable students to comprehend and critically assess the management literature, to evaluate statements in terms of evidence and to detect false reasoning or logic. Students will gain confidence in expressing their own ideas.
Topics vary each year (based on student feedback), but examples are self-stereotyping, negotiation and gender, grit, wages in finance, assertiveness and leadership.
Please watch the following video to find out more about this course: https://echo360.org.uk/media/b724a1cb-48eb-4198-abdb-786be177f6fd/public
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the Autumn Term.
This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn Term.
In its Ethics Code, LSE upholds a commitment to intellectual freedom. This means we will protect the freedom of expression of our students and staff and the right to engage in healthy debate in the classroom.
Formative assessment
A take-home mock exam paper.
Indicative reading
A reading list will be available on Moodle.
Assessment
Exam (100%), duration: 120 Minutes in the January exam period
Key facts
Department: Management
Course Study Period: Autumn Term
Unit value: Half unit
FHEQ Level: Level 6
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: 49
Average class size 2024/25: 16
Capped 2024/25: NoCourse selection videos
Some departments have produced short videos to introduce their courses. Please refer to the course selection videos index page for further information.
Personal development skills
- Problem solving
- Communication