CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION

This course aims to introduce students to a number of advanced topics in the field of Organisation and Management studies. It draws upon contemporary research and adopts a Critical and Analytical perspective to study complex issues that surround the management of organisations today.

Please choose ONE of the topics below and write a 3000 word essay.

1. Simona Spedale and her colleagues, in their paper Gendered Ageism and Organizational Routines at Work: The Case of Day-Parting in Television Broadcasting (2014), argue that sexist and ageist stereotypes informed the performance of a routine for organising television schedules in the British public service broadcaster – the BBC. Critically discuss their arguments and present your own view on the issues of sexism and ageism in a workplace.

2. Katie Sullivan, in her paper With(out) pleasure: Desexualization, gender and sexuality at work (2014), argues that pressures towards organizational desexualization in massage therapy maintain heteronormativity, sexual harassment and discrimination. Critically discuss her arguments and present your own view on the issue of sexuality in a workplace.

The style of this essay is CRITICAL WRITING but not descriptive writing. It is essential to write the essay critically.