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2010/2011  BA-HASOC4SE  Integrated examination on economic sociology and organisations in contemporary society

English Title
Integrated examination on economic sociology and organisations in contemporary society

Course Information

Language English
Point 15 ECTS (450 SAT)
Type Mandatory
Level Bachelor
Duration One Semester
Course Period Spring
Time Table Please see course schedule at e-Campus
Study Board
Study Board for BSc in Business Administration and Sociology
Course Coordinator
  • 4AES. ADVANCED ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY
    Brooke Harrington - International Center for Business and Politics
4TCS. THEORIES OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY I
Main Category of the Course
  • Business Ethics, value based management and CSR
  • Economic and organizational sociology
Last updated on 29 maj 2012
Learning Objectives
At the oral examination, the student should, on the basis of the papers in the 4th semester exam portfolio, demonstrate ability to relate to each other the courses ‘Advanced Economic Sociology’ and ‘Theories of Contemporary Society I’ and their learning objectives. Specifically, the student should demonstrate that (s)he:

• has achieved the learning objectives for the courses ‘Advanced Economic Sociology’ and ‘Theories of Contemporary Society I’ (see below),
• is able to think across the courses and reflect about similarities and differences between the academic disciplines that the courses build upon, and
• is reflective about his/her learning process in the two courses, as mirrored in the exam portfolio.

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

4AES. ADVANCED ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY
On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• account for the particular insights offered by economic sociology, both internally in firms and externally in relation to social context,
• identify prospects and challenges for private and public organisations, and propose solutions informed by economic sociology,
• account for and analyse the consequences of different potential organisational developments, both within organisations and in relation to their surroundings, and
• apply the approaches of economic sociology to examine the relations between organisations, sectors and networks.

4TCS. THEORIES OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY I
On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• account for the central assumptions and analyses in the texts in the curriculum,
• identify and analyse the most essential differences and similarities between how the theories covered in the course thematise social differences in time and space,
• identify, analyse and argue for strengths and weaknesses in the social theoretical approaches introduced during the course with regard to the impact of societal conditions on economic activities in different contexts, and
• on the basis of texts in the syllabus, identify, formulate and argue for a research problem, which examines how social factors shape the working condition of different types of companies across time and space.
Examination
Integrated examination on economic sociology and organisations in contemporary society
Assessment Oral with Written Assignment
Marking Scale 7-step scale
Censorship No censorship
Exam Period May/June
Aids Without preparation
Duration 20 Minutes
• The two courses ‘Advanced Economic Sociology’ and ‘Theories of Contemporary Society I’ are assessed at the 4th semester integrated and interdisciplinary oral portfolio examination. • The oral examination is based on the 4th semester exam portfolio, which consists of three papers: two papers from the 4th semester work portfolio plus an individual interdisciplinary exam paper of max. 3 standard pages. • The work portfolio consists of one individual assignment of max. 3 standard pages and one group assignment of max. 10 standard pages, written in groups of 4, for each of the two courses; these four assignments are obligatory and must be approved, cf. section 5(1). The student decides which of the assignments should make up his/her exam portfolio, however, it must be one assignment from each course. • The oral examination is an individual examination of 20 minutes, including the examiners’ discussion and awarding of the grade. The student will be awarded one grade according to the 7-point grading scale, reflecting an overall assessment of the assignments in the exam portfolio and the oral examination. • The examination is internal, and assessment is carried out by two internal examiners. Make-up examination and re-examination Both make-up examination and re-examination takes places according to the same regulations as the regular examination. However, the following supplementary rules apply: • The make-up examination for a student who has submitted a complete exam portfolio but not participated in the oral examination – due to illness – will be based on the exam portfolio already submitted. • A student who fails the regular examination due to the quality of the exam portfolio should submit a revised exam portfolio.
Examination
Prerequisites for Attending the Exam
Course Content

The primary purpose of the 4th semester exam, which is an oral exam based on a portfolio, is to make the student adopt an interdisciplinary approach to the two 4th semester courses, instead of only perceiving the individual courses from their own point of view. Consequently, the main focus at the oral exam is the integration of several academic disciplines and sets of learning objectives.


The secondary purpose of the 4th semester exam is to make the student reflect about his/her own learning process, the result of the knowledge and skills acquired from participating in class and working on assignments throughout the 4th semester.


4AES. ADVANCED ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY
Aim of the course
The objective of this course is to provide the student with (1) knowledge about how the organising of different activities in both the private and the public sector is viewed and analysed from an economic sociology perspective, and (2) skills to analyse the contextual factors that influence different kinds of economic activities and rationalities, which result in differences in the relations between social groups, companies and political actors.


4TCS. THEORIES OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY I
Aim of the course
The course builds on Fundamentals of Social Theory and aims to provide the student with knowledge about (1) how different types of social relations are described and analysed within contemporary social science, with a special emphasis on the analysis of social differences in time and space, and (2) skills to identify and assess the influence of the social context on corporate and organisational activities, based on selected theoretical positions.

Student Workload
Teaching 50 hours
Preparation for class 200 hours
Home assignments 190 hours
Examination 10 hours
Further Information

Janus Hansen, CBP, is course coordinator of 4TCS

Literature

4AES. ADVANCED ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY
The prescribed readings are collected in a compendium, which can be purchased at the campus bookstore.


4TCS. THEORIES OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY I
The prescribed readings arecollected in a compendium, which can be purchased at the campus bookstore.