BU4S03 - Organisation Theory 01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2021 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: BU4S03
Module Title: Organisation Theory
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Leadership and Public Services
Faculty Sub Group: Leadership and Public Services
Module Leader: Victoria Stephens
Module Team: Stuart Milligan
First Intended Intake: SEP 2020 Final Year of Intake: 2025
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100078 - business and management
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2020
Valid To 31 Aug 2021

Module Aims

To equip students with an advanced understanding of the issues, approaches and conceptual basis for researchers studying management, organisations and the context of enterprise management

Content Summary

- Current and emerging issues in management and the organisational environment;
- History, development and structure of management research;
- The nature and importance of difference paradigms
- A critical understanding of core organisational theories

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 10
Seminar 30
Independent Study 120
Directed Study 40
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Demonstrate a deep and critical understanding of the common and different issues facing researchers seeking to examine management and organisation from the perspective of different functional areas and discipline
LO2 Understand and apply the interrelationships between different research areas in management and the environment of organisations and the conceptual underpinnings

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Research Plan / Proposal / Project/ Log 1 Create a journal (blog/ Vlog/ podcast) to document your learning 30 4500 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Research Plan / Proposal / Project/ Log 1

Reading List

Foucault, M., 1980. Power/knowledge: Selected interviews and other writings, 1972-1977. Vintage.
Langley, A.N.N., Smallman, C., Tsoukas, H. and Van de Ven, A.H., 2013. Process studies of change in organization and management: Unveiling temporality, activity, and flow. Academy of management journal, 56(1), pp.1-13.
Weick, K.E., 1989. Theory construction as disciplined imagination. Academy of management review, 14(4), pp.516-531.
Kuhn, T.S., 2012. The structure of scientific revolutions. University of Chicago press.
Gabriel, Y., 2010. Organization studies: A space for ideas, identities and agonies. Organization Studies, 31(6), pp.757-775.
Kieser, A., 1994. Why organization theory needs historical analyses—and how this should be performed. Organization science, 5(4), pp.608-620.