Managing 1: organisations and people - online version
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Summary
This highly practical course is the first in a suite of three courses that lead to the award of the Professional Certificate in Management. Designed for managers, aspiring managers, team leaders and supervisors, it uses activities and problem-solving to take you through core topics in organisational behaviour and human resource management. Topics include organisational context, strategy, structure and culture, stakeholders, management roles, recruitment and induction, performance management, motivation, team work, managing operations and change.
These are focused primarily on your own work situations and practices, whether these are in the commercial, public or voluntary sectors.
This course is offered with online tuition only. You may register for a combination of face-to-face and online tuition by choosing course code B628.
Course content
This course enables you to critically reflect on and analyse workplace situations and your own ways of managing. It is ‘solution oriented’ to help you to not only understand work situations from a manager’s perspective, but also to help you to work out what to do, given that you may not be in charge of the organisation you work for. As you work through activities, problems and solutions, you will question the idea that there are single solutions or issues or that there is ‘one best way’. You will come to understand the constraints, choices and demands that operate and learn when to work within them and when and how you may be able to bring about change.
Vocational relevance
The teaching and learning strategy is problem-based. Through this approach, the course aims to develop the skills an effective manager needs: such as analysis, constructing Sound arguments, critical and reflective thinking, problem identification and solving, active listening and communication, sourcing and presenting information, and report writing. Many of these are the same learning skills that any university-level learner requires and will help to equip you for study at postgraduate level.
Residential school
There is no residential school in this course, but to achieve the Professional Certificate in Management you will need to take the companion course B629, or its online version BZX629, and the award-based course B690. B690 comprises a preparatory period, a residential school and, after a revision period, a three hour examination.
Entry
The course has been designed for working managers, aspiring managers, team leaders or supervisors. It is possible to study the course if you work in an informal capacity, for example in a voluntary organisation, or if you have had previous work experience. It is not possible to study the course without any work experience. This is because activities that include problem solving assume that you have current or prior work situations to which you can apply what you are learning.
Managing 1: organisations and people is a Level 3 course. However, for students without prior higher education experience, pre-course preparatory work is provided (see Preparatory work).
Further information about the award to which this course contributes can be found in the Professional Certificate in Management Information and sample course material booklet.
If you have any doubt about the suitability of the course, please contact our Student Registration & Enquiry Service.
Preparatory work
Managing 1: organisations and people may be studied as part of the open access route to Part 1 of the Masters in Business Administration (MBA). It may also be taken as a Level 3 option by undergraduates. As students may not have encountered the problem-based approach to learning before, the Course Guide and The Manager’s Good Study Guide are provided for use a few weeks before the start of the course. The Course Guide explains the approach and describes the skills required so that you can remedy any gaps in your knowledge. It will also provide an orientation to the course. The Manager’s Good Study Guide enables you to refresh study skills such as reading and note-taking, using logic and building arguments, written communication and report writing, and using numbers.
Qualifications
BZX628 is a compulsory course in our:
BZX628 is an optional course in our:
It can also count towards most of our other degrees at bachelors level, where it is equally appropriate to a BA or BSc. We advise you to refer to the relevant qualification descriptions for information on the circumstances in which this course can count towards these qualifications because from time to time the structure and requirements may change.
Excluded combinations
Sometimes you will not be able to count a course towards a qualification if you have already taken another course with similar content. To check any excluded combinations relating to this course, visit our excluded combination finder or check with our Student Registration & Enquiry Service before registering.
If you have a disability or additional requirement
Written transcripts of audio components and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) versions of printed material are available. Some Adobe PDF components may not be available or fully accessible using a screen reader . Audio-visual materials are optional and their use is not essential to effective study of the course. Large print versions of the course materials can be provided on request. Other alternative formats of the course materials may be available in the future. Our Services for disabled students website has the latest information about availability.
If you are a new student, or new to courses using a computer or the internet, you will need to inform us of your particular needs as soon as possible, as some of our support services may take several weeks to arrange. Details of how to do this and our range of support services are described in our booklet Meeting Your Needs which you can download or request from our Student Registration & Enquiry Service.
You can also find information about accessible course materials, financial support and the Disabled Students' Allowance, equipment and other services, on our Services for disabled students website. It also includes our contact details for advice and support both before you register and while you are studying.
Course materials
What's included
Course books, other printed materials and, via the course website, additional resources in digital formats.
You will need
There are a number of online tutorials in this course. To participate, you will need together with your personal computer, a set of headphones, a microphone (or combined headset) and a working sound card.
All set books will be provided as part of the course materials pack. However, non-native English speakers, particularly those studying outside the UK, may wish to purchase the following book:
The Oxford Dictionary of Business English for learners of English.
Computing requirements
This course includes online computer activities – you can access these using a web browser that can play Flash and Shockwave.
You will need internet access and a computer. If you have purchased a new computer since 2002 it should meet your course computing requirements. Check our Technical Requirements section if your computer is older than this or is otherwise unusual.
Teaching and assessment
Support from your tutor
You will have a tutor who will help you with the course material and study activities. You can ask the tutor for help and advice. The tutor will also mark and comment on your assignments. If you are new to the OU, you will find that your tutor will be particularly concerned to help you with your study methods.
Other tutor support will be delivered primarily online as you study. In addition, online tutorials will be offered depending on the version of the course for which you register. These tutorials are not compulsory but you are strongly encouraged to participate.
Contact our Student Registration & Enquiry Service if you want to know more about study with the OU before you register.
Assessment
The assessment details for this course can be found in the facts box above.
You must use the online eTMA system to submit your tutor-marked assignments (TMAs).
The eTMAs consist of activities carried out as part of your study of the course. The ECA is wholly problem-based and will be focused on a workplace situation of your own.
Students also studied
Students who studied this course also studied at some time:
Future availability
The details given here are for the course that starts in May 2009. We expect it to be available twice a year.
How to register
To register a place on this course return to the top of the page and use the Click to register button. For more information and advice about registration see OU Study Explained.
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