Posted: April 2nd, 2015

management

management

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY

There are two assignments for this module as follows:

Submission Deadline
1    Mini-essays    40%    2500 words
2.     Individual essay    60%    2000 words

Assessment 1– 40%

Purpose:
1.    To strengthen your familiarity with  material appropriate to researching at masters level , including:
•    Vocabulary
•    The nature of argument
•    The nature of critical analysis

2.    To engage in a level of critical analysis which help deepen your understanding of the module and develop your skills of critical analysis.

Task:

1.    Access the 3 journal articles listed below
2.    Read the 3 articles.
3.    Identify access and read 1 additional article from the reference list of one of the 3 articles above.

4.    For each of the four articles, do the following:

4.1.    Summarise the main argument that the article makes,
4.2.    Explain what evidence the argument is based on.

Each of these summaries should be approximately 300 – 400 words long.

5.    Write a short essay (approximately 500 words) on how these articles and the arguments in them are connected. For example, in what ways do they agree, what debates are evident? The mini essay should contain an introduction, analysis and conclusion which present your argument about how the four articles are similar and/or different; how they connect or contrast.

6.    Write a brief reflection (no more than 500 words) on what you have learned through doing this assignment in terms of research, reading and understanding academic material and academic writing and how you can apply this learning in your academic work.

Initial Sources

Brocklehurst, M., C. Grey & A. Sturdy (2010), ‘Management: The work that dares not speak its name’, Management Learning, 41(1), pp. 7-19.
Carey, A. (1977). ‘The Lysenko Syndrome in Western Social Science’, Australian Psychologist, 12(1), pp. 27-38.
Ghoshal, S. (2005). ‘Bad Management Theories Are Destroying Good Management Practices’ Academy of Management Learning & Education, 4(1), pp. 75-91.
Mesny, A. (2009). ‘What do ‘we’ know that ‘they’ don’t?  Sociologists’ versus nonsociologists’ knowledge’, Canadian Journal of Sociology, 34(3), pp. 671-695