ASOB16013U Knowledge, Organization and Politics

The course provides students with insight into sociological concepts and theories of significance to the study of how knowledge, organisation and politics affect each other.

Knowledge:

Students acquire insights into a number of core concepts in sociology pertaining to the interaction between knowledge, organisation and politics. Upon completing the course, students must be able to:

• Account precisely for selected concepts and approaches in the course literature, their central assumptions and their implications for how knowledge, organisation and/or politics can be analysed

• Compare selected concepts and approaches from the course literature and give an account of their similarities and differences as well as their respective analytical strengths and challenges.

Skills:

Upon completing the course, students must be able to produce analytical observations of the intersection between knowledge, organisation and politics in an independent fashion. More specifically, the students must be able to:

• Produced qualified analytical observations of specific organisations (cases) with regard to how knowledge and politics interact in organisational reality

• Assess the practical applications of different sociological concepts and approaches in relation to specific organisational contexts (cases)

Competences:

Upon completing the course the student must have acquired the necessary knowledge and skills to continue independent work on the course topics, including the ability to:

• Independently acquire a deeper knowledge of the central sociological concepts and approaches in the field, including acquisition and assessment of relevant literature

• Turn central concepts and approaches into concrete analyses of both quantitative and qualitative nature, which address the interaction between organization, knowledge and politics.