MN50294: Approaches to management research
[Page last updated: 15 October 2020]
Academic Year: | 2020/1 |
Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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Aims: | To equip students with an understanding of the historical and epistemological bases of management research. |
Learning Outcomes: | * Awareness of different scientific paradigms in which management scholars operate * Understanding of the conceptual underpinnings and implications of using certain theories and methods in your own research * Use of a framework to compare and contrast different theoretical approaches to management studies. |
Skills: | * Compare and contrast management research streams with an awareness of their historical contingencies * Recognise the cultural context of the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of research in management and organisation. * Identify hidden assumptions of different research approaches * Recognise how research approaches are developed in response to particular questions of research in management and organisation. * Understand the limits and risks of mixing and matching theories and research methods with incompatible philosophical underpinnings. |
Content: | The unit will comprise
1. Core lectures on historical issues in our understanding of knowledge and the role of science 2. Seminars on foundational pieces in management epistemology 3. Seminars on applications of such logics to contemporary work 4. Seminars on the development of a framework to interpret and categorize streams of research in contemporary management studies. |
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MN50294 is Compulsory on the following programmes:School of Management
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