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7947 (v.6) Sociology 221 - Sociology of Organisation, Bureaucracy and Corporations


Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

3484 (v.7) Sociology 321 - Sociology of Organisation, Bureaucracy and Corporations

Prerequisite(s):

7365 (v.4) Sociology 111 - Social Construction of Identity - Introduction to Doing Sociology or any previous version
AND
7366 (v.4) Sociology 112 - Australian Society in the Global Economy or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

Sociology of work organisations and industry. Interrelationships of work and leisure. Technological change and organisational response, changing work patterns, and unemployment and social dislocation. The social effects of the division of labour. Communication, conflict and control within organisations. The effects of education on work behaviour and work role allocation in capitalist and non capitalist societies.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

90301 Sociology

HECS Band (if applicable):

1

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1     Y
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y   Y
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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