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This course will help to highlight, in a variety of business and non-business contexts: i) the various real-life ways in which managers’ subtle, highly sophisticated and socially organized communicative actions have a significant impact on the perceptions and performance of the employee groups/teams they supervise and work with; and ii) what communicative methods managers can employ to more effectively relay information to, obtain feedback from, motivate, persuade and, more generally, enhance the performance of their staff teams.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Third Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will help to highlight, in a variety of business and non-business contexts: i) the various real-life ways in which managers’ subtle, highly sophisticated and socially organized communicative actions have a significant impact on the perceptions and performance of the employee groups/teams they supervise and work with; and ii) what communicative methods managers can employ to more effectively relay information to, obtain feedback from, motivate, persuade and, more generally, enhance the performance of their staff teams.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Feedback | Word Count | 2500 | ||
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Reflection | Understand | Help students understand how to think logically and independently, reflect on their own communication style, and understand how to manage conflict through effective business interactions. |
| Procedural | Apply | Apply a range of tools and techniques in support of addressing different communication. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Evaluate negotiation strategies and tactics used by themselves and their counterparts during the group exercises. |
| Factual | Create | Create an environment where students understand how to work collaboratively in a group-setting, build trust and promote cohesion. |
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