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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
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| Module Title | |||
| Building Sustainable Community Relations | |||
| Reference | SSM208 | Version | 5 |
| Created | April 2017 | SCQF Level | SCQF 11 |
| Approved | May 2011 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | August 2017 | ECTS Points | 7.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To provide a critical understanding of the ways in which individuals, communities and cultures are positively and negatively shaped through their interactions with private companies. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Discuss and provide a critical analysis of the main social and cultural factors shaping the interactions between private companies and communities. |
| 2 | Analyse critically the positive and negative social and cultural consequences arising from corporate community relations. |
| 3 | Assess critically the importance of maintaining sustainable corporate community relations and the key issues involved in achieving this. |
| 4 | Draw on critical reflections of own and others' roles and responsibilities within the context of facilitating effective community engagement. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| Culture, community and society; Corporate responsibility and community; Corporate and community dialogue; Community engagements; Community, culture and lifestyles; Participatory appraisal; Action research; Power relations; Thinking reflexively about corporations and communities; Practicing engagement techniques; |
| Module Delivery |
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| A combination of lectures, seminars, presentations, directed online learning, directed reading, preparatory work and private study, as appropriate to the student's chosen mode of attendance. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 36 | 12 |
| Non-Contact Hours | 114 | 138 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 150 | 150 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 30% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1 |
| Description: | Component 1 will be assessed by coursework (Practical Exercise) | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 70% | Outcomes Assessed: | 2, 3, 4 |
| Description: | Component 2 will be assessed by coursework (Written Report) | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | ||||||||
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| Explanatory Text | ||||||||
| Component 1 (refer x axis along top of grid) contributes approximately 30% to the module total. Component 2 (refer y axis on left side grid) contributes approximately 70% to the module total. | ||||||||
| Coursework: | ||||||||
| Coursework: | A | B | C | D | E | F | NS | |
| A | A | A | B | B | B | E | ||
| B | B | B | B | C | C | E | ||
| C | B | C | C | C | D | E | ||
| D | C | C | D | D | D | E | ||
| E | D | D | D | E | E | E | ||
| F | E | E | E | F | F | F | ||
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination | |||||||
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | None in addition to course entry requirements or equivalent. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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| 1 | MAYO, M., 2013. Community Research for Community Development. London: Palgrave. |
| 2 | RIGOV, D., and ZOLLO, M., 2007. The impact of national culture on corporate social responsibility. Corporate Governance, 7(4), pp. 476-485. |
| 3 | SCHECH, S., and HAGGIS, J., 2000. Culture and development: a critical introduction. Oxford: Blackwell. |
| 4 | ZANVLIET, L., and ANDERSON, M., 2009. Getting it right: making corporate community relations work. Sheffield: Greenleaf. |
| 5 | AMIT, V., and RAPPORT, N., 2012. Community, cosmopolitanism and the problem of human commonality.London: Pluto. |