Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2011-2012 (archived)
Module BUSS3171: WORK AND ORGANISATION
Department: Business School (Business) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]
BUSS3171: WORK AND ORGANISATION
| Type | Tied | Level | 3 | Credits | 20 | Availability | Available in 2011/12 | Module Cap | None. | Location | Queen's Campus Stockton |
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| Tied to | N200 |
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Prerequisites
- Introduction to Management AND Organisational Behaviour
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combination of Modules
- None
Aims
- This module builds on material contained within the Level 2 module, Organisational Behaviour.
- The module facilitates students' critical awareness of issues and debates relating to contemporary workplaces.
- The module develops students understanding of pre-dominantly sociological approaches to understanding the nature of work and organisations.
Content
- Work in an historical context
- Entering work
- Experiencing discrimination
- Time at work
- Emotions at work
- The employment relationship
- The psychological contract
- Organisational misbehaviour
- Bullying at work
- New technology in the workplace
- The rise of the call centre
- Monitoring and electronic surveillance
- Discursive perspectives on work
- The rhetoric of organisation
- Trends and developments in work and organisation
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Understand the changes to how the nature work has been perceived in different historical periods;
- Develop a critical appreciation of the experience which people have at work today;
- Understand the nature of conflict and control in the employment relationship;
- Develop an in-depth knowledge of the impact of technology in the modern workplace;
- Appreciation of the discursive approach to understanding contemporary workplaces.
Subject-specific Skills:
- Critically assess a range of contemporary workplace practices;
- Demonstrate independent thinking and the ability to work both individually and in a group;
- Critically reflect on the issues discussed in the module.
Key Skills:
- Written and oral communication: through formative and summative assessment
- Computer literacy: word-processing, interrogation of electronic and web-based academic databases
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Teaching is by lectures and seminars.
- Learning takes place through attendance at lectures, preparation for and participation in seminars, and private study.
- Formative assessment is by means of a group presentation and short written report.
- Summative assessment is by means of a written essay and a written examination.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
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| Lectures | 22 | 1 per week | 1 hour | 22 | |
| Seminars | 8 | 4 in term one, 4 in term 2 | 1 hour | 8 | ■ |
| Preparation and Reading | 170 | ||||
| Total | 200 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Examination | Component Weighting: 60% | ||
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| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| One written examination | 1 hour 30 minutes | 100% | |
| Component: Assignment | Component Weighting: 40% | ||
| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| One written assignment | 1500 words | 100% | |
Formative Assessment:
One group presentation and short written report.
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University