Module manager: Zinovijus Ciupijus
Email: buszc@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is approved as a discovery module
This module uses inter-disciplinary theory and research as means of understanding management and organizations. Students will be introduced to modern and post-modern organization theories, including to the application of post-colonial theory to organizations. It critically evaluates the notion of culture management, its purposes and the ways in which it is practiced by organizations. The module also focuses on specific issues relevant to the ways managers and workers experience their organisational lives – e.g. emotions management and the role of social ‘soft’ skills in structuring career pathways. The module also considers how the nature of business ownership affects working lives through the examples of ethnic entrepreneurship and the management of employee relations in family-owned small-medium-sized enterprises. Students are introduced to the topics through the use of qualitative organizational case studies.
This module aims to introduce students to theories and research relevant to contemporary workplaces. The overall goal is to equip students with new ways of perceiving the management and organisation of work, as well as to understand problems and challenges of managing employees in various organizational settings. The module’s lecturers and seminars examines specific topics related to management and organizations: post-colonial theory, culture management, gender in organisations, organisational misbehaviour, ethnic entrepreneurship, emotional labour and the role of family ownership in employee relations.
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Recognise, evaluate and comment on how social science research has helped the analysis of management, work and organizational structures
- Explain and analyse the interrelationships between people and the broader institutional context in which organisations are embedded
-Apply theoretical perspectives to managerial practice
-Understand behavioral patterns of business owners, managers and workers
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
Transferable
- Make effective presentations in a group work setting
- Advice managers on how to manage change and conflict in organizations
- Understand how employees experience their working lives
- Understand how informal kinship and community networks shape business life
Indicative content
Coverage of the contrast between ‘modernist’ and ‘postmodernist’ perspectives and their application in analysing contemporary issues relating to management. work and organisational structures. The module also explores management from the following angles: gender, skills, power and emotional labour. Furthermore, it contains an in-depth focus on the role of kinship and community networks in managing people and businesses.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Seminar | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Private study hours | 85 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 15 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, watching videos, question practice and exam preparation.
Your teaching methods could include a variety of delivery models, such as face-to-face teaching, live webinars, discussion boards and other interactive activities. There will be opportunities for formative feedback throughout the module.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Essay | 1,500 words | 70 |
| Presentation | Group presentation | 30 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The resit for this module will be 100% by 1,500 word coursework.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 4/29/2024
Errors, omissions, failed links etc should be notified to the Catalogue Team