Leading a Sustainable Organisation

Information about 'Leading a Sustainable Organisation' course:
Name: Leading a Sustainable Organisation
Course Number: MB941
Credit(s): 10
Professor: Prof Tom Baum

This module will explore the nature of organisations from multiple perspectives and how to nurture a high-performance organisation by addressing:

  • structure and design
  • culture
  • politics and processes
  • organisational behaviour
  • the role of the workforce

Organisational studies, organisational behaviour and human resource management will be examined through the perspective of sustainability.

You’ll consider the role of the leader in setting the vision, shaping the environment and supporting change. You’ll also explore how to create sustainable workplaces that attract and retain talent and ensure the health and wellbeing of employees.

Learning outcomes

a. subject specific knowledge and skills

1. Understand how organisations function
2. Recognise the value of multi-perspectives of organisations in supporting sustainable organisational performance
3. Understand sustainability in the context of organisational growth, development and change
4. Recognise the role of effective leadership in supporting sustainable change in organisations
5. Understand the value of effective people management strategies and practices in supporting high performance outcomes in organisations
6. Apply suitable models and frameworks to the analysis of work situations and problems at the level of the individual, group and organisation
7. Recognise the contribution of theory that draws on organisational studies, organisational behaviour and human resource management to effective managerial and leadership practice

b. cognitive abilities and non-subject specific skills

1. Engage with theoretical discourse in a critical manner and apply outcomes and learning to their work context
2. Engage with and handle ambiguity and uncertainty in their interaction with organisations and their people
3. Enhance ability as reflective practitioners to make reflective judgements about the management of others
4. Enhancing effectiveness as a leader and manager of people
5. Appreciate the relationship between effective people management and all other functional and strategic roles in organisations