Organizational Etnography

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Course ID:	3500-FAK-ETNOO-scc
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Organizational Etnography
Name in Polish:	Etnografia organizacji
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Sociology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	Basic sociological knowledge
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	Organizational ethnography is sometimes referred to as ergonography (Barbara Czarniawska), i.e. a record of everyday life in the workplace. Modern human beings spend a large part of their time and energy on work. Employment organizations are a regular feature of everyday life in developed and developing countries. The aim of the course is to familiarize students with qualitative methods in social sciences and to develop their skills to use them to research contemporary workplaces. The course focuses on both research and practical uses.
Full description:	Organizations and organizing Epistemology and research design Research methods: Non-participant and direct observation Research methods: Participant observation Research methods: Interview Research methods: Narrative collage Research methods: Space and visual studies Rigour and validity of qualitative research Categorization Writing up of qualitative reports
Bibliography:	Kostera, Monika (2003) Antropologia organizacji. Warszawa: PWN. Kostera, Monika (2016) (red.) Metody badawcze w zarządzaniu humanistycznym. Warszawa: Sedno. Literatura uzupełniająca Czarniawska, Barbara (2010) Trochę inna teoria organizacji. Warszawa: Polext. Kostera, Monika i Martyna Śliwa (2012) Zarządzanie w XXI wieku. Warszawa: Wolters Kluwer. Glinka, Beata i Monika Kostera (2016) (red.) Nowe kierunki w organizacji i zarządzaniu. Warszawa: Wolters Kluwer. Kostera, Monika (2011) (red.) Etnografia organizacji. Gdańsk: GWP. Mencwel, Andrzej (2007) Wyobraźnia antropologiczna. Warszawa: UW. Willis, Paul (2005) Wyobraźnia antropologiczna. Kraków: UJ.
Learning outcomes:	K_W06 Has in-depth knowledge about cultural diversity and its transformations, cultural identity, and intercultural interaction and communication K_W08 Is aware of the importance of a reflective and critical approach to the results of social research, analyses and research procedures K_W12 Has in-depth knowledge about the functioning and management of various types of organizations K_U02 Can critically select information and materials for academic work, using various sources in Polish and a foreign language as well as modern technologies K_U08 Knows how to interpret the role of culture in the life of the individual and society K_K01 Can initiate, plan, organize and manage work of a task team K K_K08 Is aware of the existence of social dilemmas related to the work of the sociologist K_K09 Is open to various theoretical and methodological perspectives of social research
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Exam: project and presentation; Passing conditions: positive project evaluation; Admission conditions: participation, project submission, presentation Permitted number of absences subject to justification: 30% Rules for retake: The same as in the first term

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