Leading and Managing People LCB

Course aim

To explore some of the key factors that influence people’s performance and behaviour in organisations in the international hospitality sector from a perspective that draws upon leadership, organisational behaviour and HR literature.

Course content

This course is concerned with managers as leaders and the strategic leadership of people. In our present turbulent environment firms require strategies for maximising the human resource contribution from all employees to sustain their organisation’s competitive advantage. This course aims to explore some of the key factors that influence people's performance and behaviour in organisations from a perspective that draws upon leadership, organizational behaviour and HR literature. Core concepts include the identification of managerial roles and competencies and the strategic management and development of people within the international hospitality environment.

Textbook(s)

Quinn, RE, Faerman, SR, Thompson, MP, McGrath, MR & St.Clair, LS 2011, Becoming a Master Manager : A Competing Values Approach, 5th edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc., NJ

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Academic Report, Examination, Question responses & presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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