Leeds University Business School Management Alistair Norman Director of Learning and Teaching – Management Division

Leeds University Business School

Management

Alistair Norman

Director of Learning and Teaching – Management Division


Two themes….

Why?

What?


Why?• Why Management?• Why Leeds?

• = Why management at LUBS?


Why management at LUBS?

Because it is the right choice for you

• Place

• Programme


So, why Management?

It is interdisciplinary,

requiring students to blend key

core disciplines.

Reflects a key area of

employment.


What is management?• A short game based interlude…….

• www.thatpmgame.com

http://www.thatpmgame.com/


Management is……?• Organising• Planning• Directing• Controlling

• Staffing


Management

Management with Marketing

Programmes within Management


Joint Honours Programmes

• Wide choice

• Attractive to employers

• Areas include social sciences, physical sciences, languages, science subjects and arts

• Specific talks will cover these choices


Positioning – academic and general (not vocational and sector or occupation specific.)

Subject knowledge – learning about management

Transferable skills – what employers want

Work experience / study abroad year – choice and broadening the experience

Management at LUBS


Programme & choice

High quality academic programme •designed to challenge able students •sound coverage of the core disciplines by a department

in UK top 10 for business research •the transferable skills attractive to employers•final year dissertation / project

Choice of specialist option subjects in the final yearof electives from across the University,of an industrial or international study year

Flexibility to transfer on to other LUBS programmes

at the end of first year


Themes in Management• Corporate

Responsibility• Innovation• Decision Making

• Global Culture and Insight

• Employability• Ethics and

Responsibility


Management Skills

We aim to help students develop skills in:

Research

Communication

Presentation of information

ICT

Numeracy

Problem solving


Subject Knowledge

• Academic• Economics• Psychology• Sociology• Anthropology

Professions

Accounting

Law

Natural Sciences

Engineering

Mathematics


Subject Knowledge

Organisational environmentsEconomicsMarketingInternational BusinessLaw

Organisational resourcesAccountingOperations ManagementInformation Systems

People in organisationsFoundations of ManagementOrganisational BehaviourOrganisation and the human resource


Integration: Mathematics, Management Decision Making, Strategic Management, Sustainability, Ethics, Employability, Global Insight

Subject Knowledge

Organisational environmentsEconomicsMarketingInternational BusinessLaw

Organisational resourcesAccountingOperations ManagementInformation Systems

People in organisationsFoundations of ManagementOrganisational BehaviourOrganisation and the human resource


Subject Knowledge

Organisational environmentsMarketing Strategy

Advertising & Promotion Management

International Marketing

Organisational resourcesManagement AccountingPhysical Distribution & LogisticsInformation Management in Organisations

People in organisationsHRM and Industrial Relations

Strategic HRM

Employment Law

Electives extend the Management programme

Programme enables choice


Specialist options• Personnel Management and

Development

• Law of Employment

• Management Accounting

• Business Finance

• Marketing Strategy

• Advertising & Promotion

• International Marketing

• The International Economic Environment

• Banking in the Global Economy

• CSR and Ethics

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• Decision Making


TeachingTeaching is carried out through a

combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials,

independent group work

Additional reading, exercises, case studies

encourage reflection

Virtual Learning Environment – provides

resources and a forum for discussion

Assessment : exams and assignments,

sometimes group based


Our interests and expectations

• Our status, standards and performance are judged internationally

• An international perspective

• A future oriented management perspective

• An active student body composed of mature, engaged learners


EmployabilityRecent Management graduates have gone on to work with:

Why study Management at Leeds?


Will your interests match our interests and expectations ?

Will you make the most of the academic choices available here ?

Will you make the most of the wider opportunities available here ?

Are you keen to be an active participant in an academic community ?

You and Us?


The big question- is it of interest to you ?

This is what we offer:


Questions

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Leeds University Business School Management Alistair Norman Director of Learning and Teaching – Management Division