325-215 Managerial Strategies in Organising Work

Entry to this subject is restricted to students who have completed 75 points of level-1 subjects (commerce or non-commerce).

This subject will examine the evolution and development of managerial strategies designed to motivate and control employees. Topics include the development of work organisation in capitalist economies; Taylorism and the impact of scientific management; human relations and the Hawthorne studies; the Neo-Human Relations School; labour process theory; neo-Fordist conceptions of work and the mobilisation of commitment.

• High level of development: oral communication; written communication; problem solving; application of theory to practice; interpretation and analysis; critical thinking; synthesis of data and other information; evaluation of data and other information; accessing data and other information from a range of sources; receptiveness to alternative ideas.

• Moderate level of development: statistical reasoning; use of computer software.

• Some level of development: collaborative learning.

A 2-hour examination (60%) and assignment(s) totalling not more than 4000 words (40%).