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Postgraduate Handbook 2019-2020 (archived)
Module BUSI45K15: Reframing Management
Department: Management and Marketing
BUSI45K15: Reframing Management
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 4 | 15 | Available in 2019/2020 | Durham |
Pre-requisites
- None.
Corequisites
- None.
Excluded Combinations
- None.
Aims
- To develop students’ ability to re-conceptualise management both as a practice and as a site for academic study.
Content
- Introduction: opening thoughts on crisis
- Art: metaphor and management
- Art: images, art and organising
- Ethics: as virtue
- Ethics: as practice
- Process: change and refuting fixity
- Process: leadership as event
- Culture: theory and groups
- Science: Actor Network Theory
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
- By the end of the module students should:
- Have an advanced knowledge and understanding of the different possibilities for reframing, recontextualising and reworking management and organising in contemporary societies;
- Appreciate the advantages and limitations of particular theories and management practices;
- Be able to evaluate critically different approaches to management studies and appraise future directions.
Subject-specific Skills
- By the end of the module students should:
- Have developed creative, deeper and more challenging ways of understanding organising, based on contemporary theoretical developments;
- Be able to demonstrate sensitivity to the complexity of social, political, ethical, economic and philosophical issues that shape contemporary management practice.
Key Skills
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Through a combination of lectures, seminars, guided reading and expert clinics addressing key topics in cutting-edge management research, students will acquire the advanced skills and knowledge to enable them to develop a thorough understanding of this specialist field of study.
- The summative assessment of the module, by presentation and written assignment, 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 managing and organising.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 9 | Weekly | 1 hour | 9 | |
| Seminars | 9 | Weekly | 1 hour | 9 | Yes |
| Expert clinics (to provide support for presentation and essay) | 2 | Twice during term | 2 hours | 4 | |
| Preparation, project work & reading | 128 | ||||
| Total | 150 | ||||
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual written assignment | 80% | Individual written assignment | 2500 words (maximum) | 100% | |
| Group presentation | 20% | Group presentation (resit: individual written assignment of 1000 words based on group presentation) | 10 minutes | 100% |
Formative Assessment
Individual and group presentations, and seminar discussions
Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods
and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative
assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress
procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be
required to leave the University.