MQ3ORG: Organisational Growth

Module code: MQ3ORG

Module provider: International Business and Strategy; Henley Business School

Credits: 20

Level: Level 3 (Honours)

When you'll be taught: Full year

Module convenor: Dr Joseph Lane, email: j.lane@henley.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: No placement specified

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students:

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Last updated: 28 May 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This module explores themes of strategy, culture and change, and considers how they relate to and impact on each other in order to promote or hinder effective growth within an organisation. The module aims to develop a deeper understanding of how organisations can and should change in order to deliver sustainable value for their various stakeholders. Students are expected to develop and support arguments relating to the achievement of goals within organisations more broadly, and consider how growth and development occurs within their own organisation. The module aims to prepare students to evaluate strategic options in the workplace, deploy resources for change and development to achieve sustainable success, and develop an informed yet reflective approach to the management of organisational change.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that the student will be able to:

1. Reflect on the challenges of achieving sustainable success in their organisations, and consider the role of strategy and innovation in its achievement

2. Critically analyse an organisation’s future growth prospects using appropriate models and techniques

3. Recommend appropriate changes to enhance organisational effectiveness and how these can be managed

4. Evaluate the effectiveness of different approaches to change management

Module content

The module focuses on key aspects of organisational growth and the strategies associated with these. You will gain a critical perspective of growth processes within organisations.

The module will cover key topics relating to organisational growth such as:

• The concept of growth and challenges associated with its achievement

• Organic and inorganic growth

• Industry conditions

• Internal resources

• Leadership and organisational culture

• Organisational structure

• Change management

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

The module will be taught using a blended learning approach. This will include directed self-study, workshops, group work, peer support, and other learning activities.  During the module, students will follow a guided-learning path that will require them to read materials, access other core and optional learning materials and undertake a range of activities.   
 
In addition to the learning path, students will attend workshops.  These are facilitated sessions that will help consolidate knowledge, apply it the workplace and develop higher order cognitive skills of analysis and evaluation. Students will be expected to relate their learning to their day-to-day work. 
 
The contact hours are shown for one semester in the table below for illustrative purposes only. The actual timing will vary depending on your cohort start date. 

Study hours

At least 14 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

40% pass mark - Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 40% to pass this module

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

This module is subject to the Penalties for late submission for Postgraduate Flexible programmes policy, which can be found at:

https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmissionpgflexible.pdf

The Module Convenor will apply the following penalties to work submitted late:

• where the piece of work is submitted up to one calendar month after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark; 
• where the piece of work is submitted more than one calendar month after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Reassessment

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