Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
European Credit Transfer System | |
This module builds upon and develops ideas introduced in the BUS2019 module "Understanding Work and Organisations". The module aims to present a framework for critical thinking about organisational behaviour and practice.It introduces students to poststructuralist Critical Organisation Studies. The module seeks to explore the principal debates within the field, and their consequences for empirical research. It helps students to develop critical reflection as they progress through the module.
The module will cover key debates in Critical Organisation Studies on topics such as:
- Semiotics
- Structure
- Knowledge
- Power
- Ideology
- Self
Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
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Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 6 | 1:00 | 6:00 | N/A |
Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 15:00 | 15:00 | N/A |
Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 8 | 1:30 | 12:00 | N/A |
Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 24:00 | 24:00 | N/A |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | N/A |
Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | N/A |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 8 | 0:30 | 4:00 | N/A |
Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 24:00 | 24:00 | N/A |
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Module talk | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | N/A |
Total | 100:00 |
Recorded lectures (i.e. structured guided learning) explore various theoretical debates related to Critical Organisation Studies. The seminars and module talks (i.e. scheduled learning and teaching activities) as well as structured research and reading activities provide students with opportunities to investigate the practical implications of the explored debates, for contemporary management and organisations. Additional support will be provided through scheduled drop-in/surgery sessions to address questions and moderate student-led discussions so as to enhance student learning.
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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Essay | 2 | M | 100 | 2,000 words |
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
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Written exercise | 2 | M | essay plan (linked to summative assessment Essay) - 400 words |
The essay assesses the students' depth of understanding of a particular topic presented in the module, drawing on further extensive independent research and reading. Such a mode of assessment will allow assessment of students’ ability to apply concepts underpinning philosophy and social theory to the study of organisations,to draw on the critical perspective developed in the module and to demonstrate a critical understanding of the main debates in the study of organisational behaviour.