Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- use a wide range of intellectual ideas in order to enrich your arguments;
- conduct independent bibliographical research.
- write well-crafted essays and present them in a well-structured manner;
- use a wide range of tools in order to refine your thinking processes and write more compelling arguments;
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- recognise the intellectual foundations of core management theories and practices;
- explain basic philosophical concepts;
- identify different schools of thought;
- evaluate the appropriateness of different thinking tools for tackling diverse problems.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the value of transparent thinking in gaining charge of our beliefs and decision making processes;
- the immense complexity of organisational worlds;
- the existence of multiple dimensions affecting organisational entities (especially ones that typically tend to go undetected in conventional managerial thinking);
- the salience of using alternative philosophical lenses in evaluating managerial problems and developing balanced and undogmatic understandings.
- the indecisive nature of managerial knowledge;
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Revision | 12 |
Completion of assessment task | 40 |
Follow-up work | 12 |
Tutorial | 1 |
Wider reading or practice | 40 |
Seminar | 11 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 10 |
Lecture | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Academy of Management Review. Journal
Organization Studies. Journal
Organization. Journal
Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.
Philosophy of Management. Journal
Textbooks
Blackburn, S (2001). Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hatch, M. J. (2012). Organization theory: Modern, symbolic and postmodern perspectives. Oxford University Press.
Perrow, C. (1986). Complex organisations: A critical essay. McGraw-Hill.
Heilbroner, R. L. (2011). The worldly philosophers: The lives, times and ideas of the great economic thinkers. Simon and Schuster.
Lipton, P. (2004). Inference to the best explanation. Psychology Press.
Tsoukas, H., & Knudsen, C. (Eds.) (2005). The Oxford handbook of organization theory. Oxford University Press.
Fuller, S. (2012). Knowledge management foundations. Routledge.
Tsoukas, H. (2005). Complex knowledge. Oxford University Press.
Griseri, P. (2013). An Introduction to the Philosophy of Management. Sage.
Griseri, P. (2001). Management Knowledge: A critical view. Palgrave.
Pugh, D. S., & Hickson, D. J. (2007). Writers on organisations. Penguin.
Okasha, S. (2002). Philosophy of science: A very short introduction. Oxford University Press.
Fleetwood, S., & Ackroyd, S. (Eds.) (2004). Critical realist applications in organisation and management studies. Psychology Press.
Aldrich, H. (1999). Organisations evolving. Sage.
Morgan, G (1997). Images of Organization. Sage.
Alvesson, M., Bridgman, T., & Willmott, H. (Eds.) (2009). The Oxford handbook of critical management studies. Oxford University Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Set exercises - non-exam
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Feedback through class discussions and weekly exercises. Also all students will be given the opportunity to meet the module leader to discuss choice of essay topic and progress.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External