Introduction to Business

& Management
Lecture Outline
• Get an overview of the module and what is expected of you.
• Meet the teaching team.
• Know the assessments for the module.
• Meet other fellow students (try to remember names).
• Know where to go to get help.
• ENACTUS Society talk by the Student President James Preston-Howes
• Library talk by Rachel Bramley
• Placement/Study Abroad Introduction
• Introducing the Buddy System
• What you need to do next.
 Your teaching team

George Siantonas Dawn Howard Annie Bresh Debbie Sperring

Jo Van-Ess

Brian Ross Alison Bailey Graziana De Pede Angela Baron

Graziana Di Pede Josephine Van-Ess Anke Akoachere
Lectures and
Workshops
• Lectures are on Tuesday at 4-5pm. Attendance is
compulsory!

• Workshops begin next Monday at 2pm. Your

timetable will be on Canvas and will show which
workshop you need to attend, the time and room
number.

• Check out the room number before the workshop

– please attend and don’t be late!
IBM (N1065) Learning
Outcomes
By the end of this module you should be able to:

• Display understanding of a range of reliable and relevant concepts

underlying the study of contemporary business and management.

• Show an ability to engage in critical discussion of issues affecting

contemporary business.

• Analyse a selected organisation’s approach to a selected managerial

process.

• Evaluate the success of a selected organisation’s performance and its

undertaking of a selected managerial process.
 • Topic 1 What is
management

• Topic 2 Managing the

organisation: Organisational
structure

• Topic 3 People, processes

and performance

• Topic 4 Business Simulation

Module Outline
Module Handbook
• Module handbook is located in CANVAS.
• Key information about the module,
assessment, weekly lecture and workshop
topics.
• Presentation assessment criteria.
• Tutor contact information.

• PLEASE READ!
Core Text Book

Introduction to Management
Oxford University Press

Author: Combe, C

E-book via CANVAS

 The Student Charter -
your responsibilities
• You are expected to undertake independent study for all
modules; (a 15 credit module is equivalent to 150 hours of
study, of which a maximum of 33 hours happens in the
classroom).

• You should not talk (unless discussion is requested) during

lectures.

• You should only use computers or mobile phones during

teaching sessions for work-related purposes.

• You should come to class prepared to listen, take notes and ask
and answer questions.

• You must do any pre-reading that is assigned prior to a session.

 The Student Charter -
your responsibilities
• You should arrive for class on time and should email a teacher to
explain an absence in advance or within 24 hours of the session.

• Freeriding in groups is not fair – you should do their fair share of

the work – otherwise your peer group is entitled to identify your
lack of effort.

• If you have to miss a session, you should email your teacher to

explain the absence either in advance or within 24 hours of the
session

• You must make an appointment with your academic advisor at

least once a year – why – you will need a reference!

• Check University email at least once a day during term time. Not
reading an email is not an excuse for missing a deadline.
Where to go to
get help
• Your tutors

• The module handbook

• Canvas

• Your Academic Advisor

• Where else?? Any ideas????

Enactus shout out!!!

James Preston-Howes
This Week’s Reading …

Chapter 1
Next Week’s
Workshop
• Please read pages Chapter
2 p36-61 of your text book
(Management Theory).

• There will be a quiz on it!

See you in your
workshops …