BUSI5F015: Work and Society
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Type | Tied |
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Level | 4 |
Credits | 15 |
Availability | Available in 2024/2025 |
Module Cap | |
Location | Durham |
Department | Management and Marketing |
Prerequisites
- None.
Corequisites
- None.
Excluded Combinations of Modules
- None.
Aims
- To develop students' knowledge and understanding of key issues relating to trends in work and society.
Content
- The changing context of work
- Meanings and orientations to work
- Globalisation
- Power and management control in organisations
- Organisational culture
- Emotional and aesthetic labour
- Discrimination at work; equality and diversity
- Flexibility
- Organisational misbehaviour
- Language, rhetoric, and organisational communication
- Managing time at work
- Service work
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Have an advanced knowledge and understanding of the context and nature of work and organisation in contemporary societies.
- Have an advanced knowledge and understanding of how various workplace processes and practices respond to societal-level changes.
- Have an advanced understanding of the implications for human resource professionals of changes to work and society.
Subject-specific Skills:
- Be able to critically analyse a number of different issues relating to the study of work and society;
- Be able to critically evaluate competing theories of change in work and society.
- Be able to understand and critically evaluate a variety of contemporary workplace processes and practices.
Key Skills:
- Written communication
- Planning, organising and time management
- Problem solving and analysis
- Using initiative
- Computer literacy
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Through a combination of lectures, seminars and guided reading addressing key topics in the sociology of work, students will acquire the advanced skills and knowledge to enable them to develop a thorough understanding of this specialist field of study.
- The assessment of the module, by written examination, is designed to test students' knowledge and understanding of the subject-matter and their ability to apply it to the analysis of specific issues relating to the study of work and society.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total | Monitored |
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Workshops | 10 | 1 per week | 3 hours | 30 | Yes |
Preparation, Reading, Data Collection and Independent Study | 120 | ||||
Total | 150 |
Summative Assessment
Component: Written Examination | Component Weighting: 100% | ||
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Element | Length / Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
Written examination | 2 hours | 100 |
Formative Assessment
Practice specimen exam question with individual written feedback.
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