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Work and Employment
Postgraduate | MAQ-SOCX866 | 2019
Course information for 2019 intake
Place the concept of employment in a social context and ask why work is important to society.Look at work from an experiential perspective. Trace the tie between a person's job and their sense of worth. Address career development and work-life balance.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
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Work and Employment
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will:
- develop historically and culturally contextualised frameworks for considering practices of work and employment
- be able to understand the trajectories of classical and contemporary sociological theories of work
- be able to reflect upon and evaluate major changes that are occurring in contemporary workplaces
- develop knowledge and analytic skills that will enable their participation in major debates about the future of work and employment.
- Work, employment and society
- Capitalism and rationalisation
- Work organisation
- The workplace
- Career development
- Work-life balance
- Work identity
This subject was previously known as SGY883 Work and Employment.
Work and Employment are basic social experiences. How can we understand them and why are they so important to us? This subject will search for answers by applying sociological key-concepts to contemporary Work and Employment issues. The subject consists of three parts. The first part examines the relevance of work for individuals and society. In the second part, we investigate the organisation of Work and Employment on a political, organisational and individual level. The final part deals with our experience of work. It contemplates the future of work in terms of work-life balance and the chances for individuals' self-realisation. On the basis of those three parts students will gain a clear understanding of Work and Employment in contemporary societies that will benefit their own careers as well as their understanding of society in general.
- Assignment 1 (20%)
- Assignment 2 (20%)
- Assignment 3 (40%)
- Online Discussion (20%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
MAQ-SGY883 (Not currently available)
MAQ-SGY383 (Not currently available)
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Additional requirements
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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