PA910-7-AP-CO:
Experiencing Organisations: Reflexivity and Analysis

The details
2023/24
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Autumn & Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 22 March 2024
20
20 September 2023

 

Requisites for this module
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Key module for

DIP C8N209 Management and Organisational Dynamics,
DIP C8N221 Management and Organisational Dynamics,
MA C8N212 Management and Organisational Dynamics,
MA C8N224 Management and Organisational Dynamics,
MA C8N2MO Management and Organisational Dynamics

Module description

This module provides an opportunity for students to explore, reflect and learn about the limits and opportunities in applying psychoanalytic concepts to the study of organisations.

Module aims

The aims of this module are:The aims of this module are:



  • To consider and evaluate the relevance and the limits of psychoanalytic thinking for understanding organisations.

  • To discern and explore the connections between psychoanalytic, CMT (critical management theory), and experiential  understanding of organizations.

  • To develop participants' reflexivity in taking up organisational roles.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students will be expected to be able to:



  1. Demonstrate reflexivity in taking up organisational roles.

  2. Demonstrate insight into organisational dynamics, through reflection and analysis of organisational experience.

  3. Critically explore the limits of management and psychoanalytic models and practices.

  4. Conduct a discussion about organisational life from both a psychoanalytic and critical management angle, which can be demonstrated in an essay.

Module information

The Theory seminars are based primarily on organisational case studies, and the theory underpinning the Group Relations Conference.


The Work Discussion seminars to which students will make presentations based on course learning. Two of these seminars will also include reflective groups as part of the preparation and review of the Group Relations Conference.


The residential Group Relations Conference is a 2-day learning event in which students have opportunities to explore the emotional culture of teams, the dynamics authority and power, and the nature of role taking and giving.

Learning and teaching methods

This module will be delivered via:

  • Participation in the University of Essex Group Relations Conference: A 2 day learning event.
  • Four 1-hour Work Discussion seminars.
  • Four 2-hour Theory seminars.

Bibliography

The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.

Assessment items, weightings and deadlines

Coursework / exam Description Deadline Coursework weighting
Coursework   Essay    100% 

Exam format definitions

  • Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
  • In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary, for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.

Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.

Overall assessment

Coursework Exam
100% 0%

Reassessment

Coursework Exam
100% 0%
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Casper Hoedemaekers, email: choedem@essex.ac.uk.
Mr Chris Tanner, email: chris.tanner@essex.ac.uk.
Chris Tanner and Casper Hoedemaekers
Student Administrator 5A.202, Telephone 01206 873745, email ppspgt@essex.ac.uk

 

Availability
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External examiner

Dr Annette Clancy
UCD College of Art History & Cultural Policy
Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Management
Dr Parisa Dashtipour
Open University
Lecturer in Psychology
Resources
Available via Moodle
Of 8 hours, 8 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.

 

Further information
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies

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