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BUSI5F015: Work and Society

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Type	Tied
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
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%
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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