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Session: 2022/23
Last modified: 29/03/2022 13:51:09
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Title of Module: Critical Management Studies |
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Code: LNDN09003 |
SCQF Level: 9
(Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework) |
Credit Points: 20 |
ECTS: 10
(European Credit Transfer Scheme) |
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| School: | School of Business & Creative Industries |
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| Module Co-ordinator: | Maddalena
Tacchetti |
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| Summary of Module |
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The overall purpose of the module is to foster students’ critical skills to understand key issues affecting contemporary organisations
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| Module Delivery Method |
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| Face-To-Face | Blended | Fully Online | HybridC | HybridO | Work-based Learning |
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Face-To-Face
Term used to describe the traditional classroom environment where the students and the lecturer meet synchronously in the same room for the whole provision.
Blended
A mode of delivery of a module or a programme that involves online and face-to-face delivery of learning, teaching and assessment activities, student support and feedback. A programme may be considered “blended” if it includes a combination of face-to-face, online and blended modules. If an online programme has any compulsory face-to-face and campus elements it must be described as blended with clearly articulated delivery information to manage student expectations
Fully Online
Instruction that is solely delivered by web-based or internet-based technologies. This term is used to describe the previously used terms distance learning and e learning.
HybridC
Online with mandatory face-to-face learning on Campus
HybridO
Online with optional face-to-face learning on Campus
Work-based Learning
Learning activities where the main location for the learning experience is in the workplace.
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| Term(s) for Module Delivery |
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(Provided viable student numbers permit).
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| Learning Outcomes: (maximum of 5 statements) |
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On successful completion of this module the student will be able to:
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Learn key concepts and theories in Critical Management Studies
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Develop the skills to apply the acquired concepts and theories to analyse a variety of contemporary organisational issues
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Critically reflect on the issues and needs in today’s organisations, in order to identify appropriate sources of development in policy and practice |
| Employability Skills and Personal Development Planning (PDP) Skills |
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| SCQF Headings |
During completion of this module, there will be an opportunity to achieve
core skills in:
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| Knowledge and Understanding (K and U) |
SCQF Level 9.
Understanding the ways in which management is impacted by emerging issues within business
Understanding how management can be proactive in preparing for change
Applying prior knowledge of business to management studies
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| Practice: Applied Knowledge and Understanding |
SCQF Level 9.
Using analytical and problem-solving skills to identify how manageemet and business can be proactive in response to a changing environment
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| Generic Cognitive skills |
SCQF Level 9.
Undertaking critical analysis of management practices
Identifying problems created for management by a changing environment
Drawing on a range of sources to prescribe improvements to how management respond to emerging issues
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| Communication, ICT and Numeracy Skills |
SCQF Level 9.
Presenting information on emerging management practices formally and informally
Interpret, use and evaluate information to help improve management responses to emerging practices.
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| Autonomy, Accountability and Working with others |
SCQF Level 9.
Exercise autonomy and initiative in undertaking class activities
Working alone and with others in problem-solving
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| Pre-requisites: |
Before undertaking this module the student should have
undertaken the following:
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| Co-requisites | Module Code:
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* Indicates that module descriptor is not published.
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| Learning and Teaching |
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| In line with UWS’ Curriculum Framework, providing a flexible and hybrid, student-centred and inclusive approach to learning and teaching, the module has been designed around the delivery of engaging, activity- and discussion-based workshops, nurtured by meaningful online content, including short videos, reading materials, quizzes, etc. This approach creates more flexibility for students, while also enhancing deeper learning through engagement with peers and teaching staff, both online and in the classroom. This is further supported by the assessment approach adopted, enabling students to develop both academic and employability-focused knowledge and skills within international business — all aligned to the overarching purpose and aims of the programme. |
Learning Activities
During completion of this module, the learning activities undertaken to
achieve the module learning outcomes are stated below:
| Student Learning Hours
(Normally totalling 200 hours):
(Note: Learning hours include both contact hours and hours spent on other learning activities) |
| Lecture/Core Content Delivery | 36 |
| Independent Study | 164 |
| 200
Hours Total
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**Indicative Resources: (eg. Core text, journals, internet
access)
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The following materials form essential underpinning for the module content
and ultimately for the learning outcomes:
The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies
Edited by: Mats Alvesson, Todd Bridgman, and Hugh Willmott
Print Publication Date: Jan 2011; Published online: Sep 2009
ISBN: 9780199595686
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199595686.001.0001
Understanding Management Critically
A Student Text
Suzette Dyer, Maria Humphries, Dale Fitzgibbons, Fiona Hurd
Published: March 2014
SAGE Publications Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0857020819
ISBN-10: 0857020811
Details of further resources, including textbooks, journals and online resources will be identified at the beginning of each delivery in the module handbook and made available via VLE
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(**N.B. Although reading lists should include current publications,
students are advised (particularly for material marked with an asterisk*) to
wait until the start of session for confirmation of the most up-to-date
material)
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| Engagement Requirements |
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In line with the Academic Engagement Procedure, Students are defined as academically engaged if they are regularly engaged with timetabled teaching sessions, course-related learning resources including those in the Library and on the relevant learning platform, and complete assessments and submit these on time. Please refer to the Academic Engagement Procedure at the following link: Academic engagement procedure |
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Supplemental Information
| Programme Board | Marketing, Innovation, Tourism & Events |
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| Assessment Results (Pass/Fail) |
No
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| Subject Panel | Marketing, Innovation, Tourism & Events |
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| Moderator | TBC |
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| External Examiner | TBC |
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| Accreditation Details | |
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| Version Number | 1 |
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| Assessment: (also refer to Assessment Outcomes Grids below) |
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Group Presentation: 60% of the overall mark
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Individual Essay: 40% of the overall mark
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(N.B. (i) Assessment Outcomes Grids for the module
(one for each component) can be found below which clearly demonstrate how the learning outcomes of the module
will be assessed.
(ii) An indicative schedule listing approximate times
within the academic calendar when assessment is likely to feature will be
provided within the Student Handbook.)
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Assessment Outcome Grids (Footnote A.)
Footnotes
A. Referred to within Assessment Section above
B. Identified in the Learning Outcome Section above
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Note(s):
- More than one assessment method can be used to assess individual learning outcomes.
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Schools are responsible for determining student contact hours. Please refer to University Policy on contact hours (extract contained within section 10 of the Module Descriptor guidance note).
This will normally be variable across Schools, dependent on Programmes &/or Professional requirements.
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| Equality and Diversity |
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UWS Equality and Diversity Policy |
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(N.B. Every effort
will be made by the University to accommodate any equality and diversity issues
brought to the attention of the School)
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