WORK SOCIOLOGY

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-BB1S2-DEV-BB1CE08UE
Langue d'enseignement
English
Matières
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Responsable(s)
M.GREER
Intervenant(s)
L.MARTIN
Niveau
Bachelor in International Business
Année de formation
Période

Présentation

Prérequis
Curiosity, open-mindedness and the ability to remain detached. A minimal follow-up is required but it has to be both active and critical of the economic and social news. The student must be able to link the news to ideas from other lessons from the first year (business exploration, economy...) and to his/her potential professional experiences.
Objectifs
At the end of the course, the student should be able to :
- Define and analyse broadly the various organisational modes in the workplace, working relationships and major issues in the workplace
- Analyse the actual functioning of a specific work mode (internship, employment).
An open and comprehensive approach to facts, representations and issues related to work must concur with the development of managerial capabilities, mainly those concerning social responsibility.
Présentation
Work as an object of sociology. The value "work". Towards new motivation factors in the workplace. Main organisational modes. Current organisational practices. Social regulations and professional relationships. Relationships in the workplace. Work and inequality.

Modalités

Organisation
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours interactif 16,00 12 courses sessions
Travail personnel
Charge de travail personnel indicative 14,00 Mostly preparation for continuous assessment tests and final exam
Autoformation
E-Learning 12,00 Mostly preparation for each course session on Ieseg Online
Recherche 8,00 Individual written work
Overall student workload 50,00
Évaluation
60% of the mark is based on continuous assessment (MCQs test about the course's content and the news, plus an individual research written report based on a real situation and/or a current topic related to work/employment), and the remaining 40% is based on a 2 hour final examination (synthesis question).
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Contrôle continu
QCM 0,15 2 30,00
Examen (final)
Examen écrit 2,00 1 40,00
Autres
Rapport écrit 5,00 1 30,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliographie
Stroobants, Marcelle. Sociologie du travail. Armand Colin, 2007 Paris. - -
Ressources Internet
Google Actualités
Google Actualités
Google News
Google News