| Unit name | Researching Organisations, Institutions and Management |
|---|---|
| Unit code | EFIMM0045 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Beck |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
Successfully completed introductory modules on research methods and design (e.g. TB1 modules of qualitative and quantitative methods) |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one | |
| School/department | School of Management - Business School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The unit will investigate empirical research approaches and activities focusing on organisations and institutions, including management. It will identify the different streams and core concepts of research in management and organisation studies and map these against dominant methodological traditions and issues. Individual methodologies and methods (including mixed methodologies, natural experiments, ethnography, action research, comparative analysis, case studies and ‘evidence-based’ approaches) will then be examined and assessed in the specific context of organisational and institutional research using ‘classic’, current and/or innovative organisational and management research studies and with a focus on addressing specific challenges including those of access, analysis, ethics, stakeholder engagement, making research ‘impactful’ and promoting and communicating findings to both academic and user audiences.
Students successfully completing this unit will be able to:
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions including lectures, tutorials, drop-in sessions, discussion boards and other online learning opportunities.
Formative assessment
Compose a mock press release or blog of no more than 800 words on a classic study of an organisation and present this to peers, demonstrating understanding and the ability to synthesise and report key research findings for a practitioner audience (ILOs 1 and 3).
Summative assessment
Students will review research on an organisation or institution of their choice and write a 4,000 word report for the main stakeholders, explaining the distinctiveness of the research and the implications of the research findings for the organisation's/ institution's stated vision and mission and/or strategy/policies and practices.
Students will be assessed on both the synthesis of research data and where it fits within organisation studies overall (ILOs 1 and 3), including an assessment of methodological strengths/weaknesses of the major studies in question and how challenges were addressed (ILOs 2 and 3), and their ability to translate research findings into 'useful/usable' information for stakeholders (ILO 3).
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. EFIMM0045).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
