Contemporary Management Practice

Examine management responses to digital change, diversity and uncertain operating conditions. You will compare flexible structures, knowledge sharing and collaborative working, assessing their suitability for different organisations. The focus is informed adaptation rather than adopting management fashions without evidence.

Learning outcomes

• Evaluate a management practice
• Assess organisational readiness
• Plan an evidence-based adaptation

Main topics

• Digital organisations
• Knowledge management
• Flexible structures
• Diversity
• Innovation systems
• Resilience

Practical task

Evaluate a proposed organisational change and design a small implementation trial.

Assessment

Assessment combines applied exercises, a documented case or practical portfolio and an individual written or oral explanation. Judgement considers technical accuracy, reasoning, evidence quality and the feasibility of recommendations.