Sociology of Technology and Work G (7548.4)
Level: | Graduate Level |
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Credit Points: | 3 |
HECS Bands: | Band 1 2013-2020 (Expires 31 Dec 2020) Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) |
Faculty: | Faculty of Business, Government & Law |
Discipline: | Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society |
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Syllabus
This subject provides an understanding of the relationships between work, technology and the governance of technological change. Students will be introduced to frameworks for the analysis of technological design and innovations in work technologies. The emphasis is on technologies as heterogeneous systems of human and non-human factors, with a focus on the social, organisational and individual human elements integral to successful technological change. Topics include consumption of information technologies in everyday life (eg mobile phones), e-government, gender and technology, and international implementation.
Learning Outcomes
- a) describe and apply advanced models for analysing the inter-related processes of technological and work place change.
- b) use ethnographic research methods to analyse a process of technological design, development, or transfer and will have conducted a group project exploring the heterogeneity of socio-technical assemblages.
Contact Hours
3 hours per week
Prerequisites
Completion of an undergraduate degree or equivalent.
Referenced Courses
- 736AA Graduate Certificate in Management
- 739AA Graduate Certificate in Public Administration
- 739AD Graduate Certificate in Public Administration (ACT)
- 735AA Graduate Diploma in Management
- 738AA Graduate Diploma in Public Administration
- 845AA Master of Business Informatics
- 734AA Master of Management
- 972AA Master of Public Administration / Master of Management