C17EB –
Management in a
Global Context
Week 1 – Course Introduction &
the Purpose of Management
Session Contents
Supporting Materials
Course Structure
& Canvas
Attendance &
Assessments
Participation
Introduction to
management
purpose and tasks
Introduction to Management and provides the foundations for your
other management courses
Global Coordinator: Dr. Assylbek Nurgabdeshov
Based on the Core Text: Boddy, D. (2020), Management: an
introduction, 8th ed., Pearson: Harlow (ebook link online)
2 hours lecture each week, 1 hour tutorial (starting week 3)
All the information you need is in the course handbook
Course Aims
Enable students to acquire and develop understanding, knowledge and
skills related to business management,
Develop student knowledge and understanding of organisations and to
enable students to contextualise this knowledge within the external
environment in which the organisations operate,
Address a range of relevant `contemporary and pervasive issues’ that
inform the interface between the organisation and its external
environment.,
Enhance business skills via an understanding of the practical application of
theoretical knowledge through assessment and guest speakers (As
available),
Assist the development of skills (particularly critical evaluation of
academic research, diagnostic, problem solving, team/group working,
communication, written, presentation and IT skills) through the both
formative classroom based work and summative assessment.
Turn up
Be on time
Your Role Get involved
Respect others
Research beyond what we teach
you
How do I
How does
make the
technology
best
help me do
What does decisions?
my job?
the strategy
have to do
with me! How do I
speak to my
team and
what should
How do I I say?
get things
done and
motivate
people?
Do my team Where does Who’s
have my budget responsible
different come from? for quality?
needs?
Canvas
Support
• Course Co-Ordinator
• Course Tutor Personal Tutor
• MyHWU
• Canvas
• Wellbeing
• Power Hours
Assessment
1 2
Group Project (40%) Examination (60%)
Group Project
• 4000 words (+/- 10%)
• Purpose - to discuss and analyse real global organisations
activities and compare them to subjects in your course learning
• Working in Groups of 4/5
– Groups are selected
1. Time it takes for everyone to pick their own groups
2. This is real life! You will have to work with people you don’t know.
Negotiation, compromise is part of team work
• Project is due in Week 8 (1600hrs on Wednesday 1st
November 2023)
• Template in the course handbook
Will take place during the Semester 1
Exam diet
On-campus exam
Answer 2 from 5 questions
All questions carry equal marks
Sample Question and Paper explored
for revision.
Examination
Online guidance lecture week 12
Questions?
C17EB – Management in a Global Context
Week 1 –The Purpose of Management
What do we mean by Management?
A Manager Management
Someone who gets things The activity of getting
done with the aid of people things done with the aid of
and other resources people and other
resources.
(Stewart, 1967)
Management used to be part of the task itself but has evolved into a work specialism,
think of it as taking responsibility for getting things done from the worker who actually
does the task and used to be responsible for everything!
Types of Manager
Instructions, guidance and questions
Reports, information and problems
Board of Directors
• General Managers Elected by shareholders or other stakeholders to oversee
managers
• Functional Managers Senior Managers
– Line Managers
Includes functional or divisional heads
– Staff Managers Middle Managers
• Project Managers
Responsible for performance of a unit within a function
• Entrepreneurs First-line Managers
Supervising people doing the work
People doing the work
How do managers spend their time?
• Emissaries – spent most of their time in external
meetings
• Writers – spent most of their time reading and
writing
• Discussers – most of their time with other people
and their colleagues
• Troubleshooters – Fragmented work pattern lots of
brief contacts
• Committee members – Internal formal meetings
(Stewart, 1967)
Mintzberg – ten management
roles
Henry Mintzberg
Canadian academic who has written
extensively on management and business
strategy.
[Link]
Boddy, D. (2020), Management: Using Practice and Theory to Develop Skill, 8th ed, Harlow: Pearson, p. 13
Mintzberg’s ten
management roles
Boddy, D. (2020), Management: Using Practice and
Theory to Develop Skill, 8th ed, Harlow: Pearson, p.
References Used
Boddy, D. (2020), Management: An Introduction, 8th
ed., Pearson: Harlow. (Chapter 1)
Mintzberg, H. (1973), The Nature of Managerial
Work, Harper & Row: New York.
Stewart, R. (1967), Managers and their Jobs,
Macmillan: London.
Questions?
