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Management, Governance & Society - MAN00107M

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  • Department: The York Management School
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2024-25

Module summary

The module interrogates the relationship between management, governance, and society. It will probe contemporary issues confronting global firms from an interdisciplinary perspective, including but not limited to ethics, international business, management, political economy, and strategy.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 1 2024-25

Module aims

The module interrogates the relationship between management, governance, and society. It will probe contemporary issues confronting global firms from an interdisciplinary perspective, including but not limited to ethics, international business, management, political economy, and strategy. The module will discuss the governance of firms’ relationship with society, as well as firms’ relationship with national, regional, and global governance institutions from a political economy perspective."

Prospective topics include: globalisation, corporations’ social and environmental responsibilities, changing firm-government relationships, fair trade, surveillance capitalism, etc.

Module learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the students will be able to:

  1. Understand and communicate contemporary issues confronting international businesses
  2. Analyse and present the complex ethical, ecological and social responsibilities of management and the various organisational challenges in dealing with them
  3. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the impact of globalisation on international businesses
  4. Understand and evaluate the links between contemporary management, governance, and policy
  5. Evaluate and apply key concepts and theories learned.

Module content

Teaching on the module will be organised around a specific and significant management issue and its wider social impact, with workshops for in-depth discussion and application of key conceptual and analytical approaches. It will also take an interdisciplinary approach to understand how disciplines and fields from within management and outside it.

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 70
Groupwork 30

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Module feedback

Feedback will be given in accordance with the University Policy on feedback in the Guide to Assessment as well as in line with the School policy.

Indicative reading

Angeli, F., Metz, A., Raab, J., 2022. Organizing for Sustainable Development: Addressing the Grand Challenges. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Specific readings will be recommended for each session.


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