Studying at York
Critical Management Studies - MAN00025H
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Autumn Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
- Sustained engagement with a wide range of advanced, contemporary and international business and management research that resonate with the business mood and cultural awareness of late capitalism.
- Draw on contributions from and stimulate inter-disciplinary thinking between a broad range of fields: management, organisation theory, psychology, gender studies, cultural
- theory, sociology and philosophy.
- Extend current understanding of key business and management themes and broader societal and cultural trends by critically examining emergent theories and new ideas.
Module learning outcomes
- Develop students abilities to critique and evaluate particular forms or processes of research adopting different theoretical lenses, using innovative research methods and posing important challenges to current business and management concerns.
- Equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the operational challenges faced when combining theory with practice in a pluralistic and multi-perspectival global environment.
- Students will be able to critically evaluate CMS research methods and theory.
Module content
- Philosophy of management – postmodernism and post-structuralism
- Visual research methods – Exploring innovative approaches to qualitative research
- Critical reflections on leadership – Narratives and leadership
- Social issues in management – Social and societal impact of new technologies, information and movements of workers, globalisation, anticipated resistances
- Organisation and management theory – Difference and identity in the workplace, culture management and the impact upon identity
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
Module assessment reports to students are written by the module leader for all assessments (open and closed) and placed on the VLE after the Board of Examiners has received the module marks.
The timescale for the return of feedback will accord with TYMS policy
Indicative reading
Introductory reading (indicative only)
- De Botton, A. (2009) The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work. London: Hamish Hamilton.
- Grey, C. (2009) A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying organizations. 2nd Edition. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
- Linstead, S.L., Fulop, L. and Lilley, S. (2009) Management and Organisation: A Critical Text. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
- Sennett, R. (1998) The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.