Courses

This module gives an overview of the information gathering function from the perspective of the researchers who gather the information and the managers who use it. The module addresses the design, collection, analysis, and reporting of research data relevant to an organisation’s needs. Students will learn the fundamental research framework and appreciate the interactions among the parts of the research process so as to arrive at a research result with confidence.

The module aims to equip students with a functional familiarity and a conceptual foundation on the key issues in Human Resource Management (HRM). There is also a strong practical element to the module which enables students to put into practice the conceptual tools and frameworks developed.

Most organisations are now supported by Information Systems (IS), which are often operated and based on Information Technology (IT). This module provides students with a basic concepts and principles of IS and electronic commerce, and an understanding of the issues and challenges of managing a company’s Enterprise IS and its web presence on the Internet.

This module equips students with knowledge on factors that energise, direct, and sustain effort across cultures. It is important for students to understand the relationship between the individual and the organisation, and the relationship between psychological contracts, justice, citizenship behaviour and person-environment fit. Here, students get to learn how individuals manage their interdependence in organisations, instituting negotiations, solving disputes, working in a team and to provide leadership to an international pool of colleagues, moving beyond intracultural comparisons and understanding the dynamics of cross-cultural interactions.