MG462      Half Unit
Qualitative Analysis in Management

This information is for the 2013/14 session.

Teacher responsible

Prof Jannis Kallinikos

Availability

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Management. This course is available on the MPhil/ PhD in Employment Relations & Org Behaviour and MPhil/ PhD in Management. This course is not available as an outside option.

The course is designed for MiM students who are likely to have little or no previous experience of qualitative methodologies.

Course content

This course provides MiM students with a critical understanding of qualitative management research, with an emphasis on methods and techniques which will be useful and relevant to them both as management scholars and in their future careers. A range of methods will be used and critically appraised, including ethnography, discourse analysis, case studies and in depth interviews. The course will cover: research design; data collection; data handling techniques; methods of analysis; constructing a contribution; and authoring a research report. These are methods, skills and techniques which are used both formally and informally in academia, consultancy and the workplace.

Teaching

15 hours of lectures and 9 hours of seminars in the LT.

Formative coursework

500 word research proposal in week 6 LT. Classes are based around the critical analysis and practical application of methods and techniques introduced in the lectures and further explored through the readings. Formative feedback is provided during seminars.

Assessment

Exam (50%, duration: 3 hours) in the main exam period.
Project (50%, 3500 words) in the LT.

Key facts

Department: Management

Total students 2012/13: 126

Average class size 2012/13: 16

Value: Half Unit

Guidelines for interpreting course guide information

Personal development skills

  • Self-management
  • Team working
  • Problem solving
  • Communication
  • Commercial awareness
  • Specialist skills