Social Relations in Organisations - MAN00109M
- Department: The York Management School
- Credit value: 10 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Module will run
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Autumn Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
This module aims to provide a comprehensive review of contemporary approaches to the study of organisations. It encourages a critical and reflexive orientation towards the various claims made for the effectiveness of organisation theory and management practice. The module is designed to provide a set of conceptual approaches, which can be used to place organisation studies in a social and critical context.
Module learning outcomes
Subject content
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Frameworks for organizational behaviour
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Origins of management theory: Scientific management, bureaucracy and human relations
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Modern Organisations: analysis of structures and new organisational forms
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Organisational cultures
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Organisation as power
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Group and team dynamics
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Gender and identity
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Ethical considerations in organisation theory and analysis
Academic and graduate skills
Successful completion of the module will demonstrate that students are able to:
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Develop creative, deeper and more challenging ways of understanding organisational activity, based on contemporary theoretical developments
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Appreciate the advantages and limitations of particular theories and organisational practices
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Demonstrate sensitivity to the complexity of social, political, ethical, economic and philosophical issues that shape contemporary organisations.
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Evaluate critically different approaches to managing people and appraise future directions.
Module content
Teaching material
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Taught sessions will include lectures, case studies, and group work
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Lecture slides and handouts will be available on the VLE
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A detailed reading list giving a comprehensive coverage of the content of the module will be available on the VLE
Indicative assessment
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
The timescale for the return of feedback will accord with TYMS policy.
Indicative reading
Grey, C. (2009) A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying organizations. 2nd Edition. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Clegg, S., Kornberger, M., and Pitsis, T. (2016) Managing and organizations: an introduction to theory and practice. 4th Edition London: Sage Publications Ltd.