325-470 Theory and Method in Corporate History

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Prerequisites

Entry into the honours program, a postgraduate diploma or a masters program in the Faculty.

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Subject Description

This subject focuses on the theory of long run institutional change in modern business enterprise. Topics include American, British and Australian approaches to the modern business corporation; the evolution of internal labour markets and their relationship with work and the labour process; agency theory and microeconomic approaches to institutional change; path dependency; corporate history and economic history; corporate history and history; methods for analysing the international firm; new approaches, including quantitative approaches to corporate history; and methodological debates in writing and analysing corporate history.

Assessment

Written work not exceeding 3000 words (30%); one 2-hour examination (70%).