Module Descriptors
CRITICAL ORGANISATIONAL THEORY
NURS80537
Key Facts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 8
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Kay Norman
Email: K.M.Norman@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 12
Independent Study Hours: 138
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- CASE BASED STUDY weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Resources
Blackboard access
Module Learning Strategies
Contact Hours:(12)
12 hours Group workshops over two study days
The nature of study at doctoral level cannot be prescribed too tightly, as one of the skills being tested is the your ability to structure and direct your own research programme, under supervision. The following breakdown is therefore for illustrative rather than regulative purposes:
Independent Study Hours:(138)
10 hours Preparation for group workshops (in the form of a study pack which must be completed before the taught sessions)
48 hours Assignment preparation
40 hours Background reading and resourcing
40 hours Practical institutional observation
12 hours Group workshops over two study days
The nature of study at doctoral level cannot be prescribed too tightly, as one of the skills being tested is the your ability to structure and direct your own research programme, under supervision. The following breakdown is therefore for illustrative rather than regulative purposes:
Independent Study Hours:(138)
10 hours Preparation for group workshops (in the form of a study pack which must be completed before the taught sessions)
48 hours Assignment preparation
40 hours Background reading and resourcing
40 hours Practical institutional observation
Module Texts
Clegg S. (2002) Frameworks of Power London: Sage Publications
Giddens A. (2009) Sociology 6th edition London: Polity
Mintzberg, H. Ahlstrand, B. Lampel, J. (2008) Strategy Safari: the complete guide through the wilds of strategic management. London: Prentice Hall
Philips, J (2000) Contested Knowledge, A guide to Critical Theory, London: Zed Books
Giddens A. (2009) Sociology 6th edition London: Polity
Mintzberg, H. Ahlstrand, B. Lampel, J. (2008) Strategy Safari: the complete guide through the wilds of strategic management. London: Prentice Hall
Philips, J (2000) Contested Knowledge, A guide to Critical Theory, London: Zed Books
Module Additional Assessment Details
A case study 4000 words based on your place of work or research context, analysing the institutional, social and political features that bear upon the intended field of research using at least one critical approach and drawing from the analysis conclusions about potentially fruitful themes for further investigation
Additional Assessment Details (include formative feedback / assessment):
Formative feedback will be provided on a 1:1 basis via e mail, telephone, Skype etc.
Additional Assessment Details (include formative feedback / assessment):
Formative feedback will be provided on a 1:1 basis via e mail, telephone, Skype etc.
Module Indicative Content
The overall aim of the module is to build your ability to locate your research in the wider theoretical, social and political context and to give you advanced skills in reading the broad context of your research. It will include:
1. An examination of theoretical resources for understanding institutional dynamics in a number of different ways (e.g. existential, phenomenological, structural).
2. Critical application of key paradigms (e.g. structural, post structural) for interpreting organisational structure and function
3. Development of a range of key themes and concepts (e.g. normalising structures, formal / informal power)
4. The social character of academic knowledge as a commodity and its application to the task of thesis-production
1. An examination of theoretical resources for understanding institutional dynamics in a number of different ways (e.g. existential, phenomenological, structural).
2. Critical application of key paradigms (e.g. structural, post structural) for interpreting organisational structure and function
3. Development of a range of key themes and concepts (e.g. normalising structures, formal / informal power)
4. The social character of academic knowledge as a commodity and its application to the task of thesis-production