INITIAL CRITICAL QUESTIONS:
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WHY HAVE YOU CHOSEN TO DO THIS COURSE
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WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO GET FROM IT?
- WHAT
IS YOUR CURRENT OPINION OF "GLOBALISATION"?
The New
Nirvana
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An
(Inevitable) Fact of Life
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A
figment of the chattering class' imagination
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An
Unmitigated Disaster
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A Necessary
Evil
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A Curate's Egg
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Never thought
about it
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Modus
Operandi:
As a final year (Stage 3) module, the
expectation
is that students will spend an appropriate amount of time (minimum 6
hours per week, in addition to the formal class time) reading and
thinking about the subject matter. Your lecturer will provide
lecture
notes on this site, which you are expected to have read through before
each class, and which will also contain additional material,
either as
links, references or additional material. Even though the class is a
large one (80+ students), it is intended that the second (Friday) class
of each week will be run more as a question/discussion class than as a
lecture - you are expected to contribute to these discussions on the
basis of critical throught and reading. What you get out of
this course depends on what you put in.
Assessment&
Appraisal
The current module outline says that
this will consist of one assignment (30%) and a final 2 hour exam paper
(70%). I need to
know what you think, since my resources are very limited!
Preferred Option: A
final two hour closed book exam
paper, consisting of single 'seen' question, for 100% of the
final marks for the course. You can prepare trial
answers to this quesrion before the exam, and submit them to me (in
word processed form, by e-mail) for comment and appraisal prior to the
final exam. These trials will not carry any assessment
marks.
Suggested
Question:
Suppose that you are employed
by a commercial company, or an
NGO, or a Development Agency, of your choice. You are asked to prepare
a
brief for your CEO on the meaning and implications of Globalisation for
your organisation, and to outline the steps your organisation should
take to deal with the phenomenon. Outline the brief you would prepare,
indicating the important issues which need more research.
Syllabus
and Timetable.