Organisational Theory

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Develop understanding of the nature of the key organisational perspectives (Theoretical and Metatheoretical) and their related theories

• Demonstrate an understanding of the key perspectives and the meta-theoretical assumptions that underpin each;
• Develop research skills and the ability to assess the strengths and weaknesses of various debates and arguments;
• Demonstrate the ability to critically engage with academic literature and develop your own answer to a set question.
• Gain skills in the written presentation of an argument, including the ways in which scholars incorporate and acknowledge the ideas of other writers.

Therefore each paper, what are the ontological and epistemological assertions that make the writing either modernist, symbolic interpretivist, critical theory based, or postmodern? You may think of this as identifying the “signposts”, or “clues”, that make a paper modernist, symbolic interpretivist, critical theory based, or postmodern.

What are the consequences of using a particular ontological and epistemological perspective to describe the essay topic? Is it the way in which the topic is talked about? Is it the way topic is used? Is it the way the topic is analysed? How was data collected and analysed (or interpreted)?

You can address the papers sequentially; beginning with an exploration of the how and why of each of the chosen perspectives (ontology and epistemology), and then an exploration of the positions advanced by two of the perspectives (modernist, symbolic interpretivist, critical theory and postmodernism) in relation to how organisations and the topic is conceived, identified and written about.

The whole response must be informed by an engagement with essential readings. You must draw upon and evaluate academic debates and arguments.

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