SP32046: Qualifying practice 2: critical analysis of organisation
[Page last updated: 23 May 2025]
Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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Assessment Summary: | CWRA 100% |
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Requisites: | While taking this module you must take SP32045 |
Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of this unit students will be able to:
1. Identify and analyse how organisations are managed, governed and regulated (PS * 3.6; 5.2; 6.2; 6.5) 2. Recognise how organisations operate within changing economic, social and political contexts (PS 3.3; 3.14; 4.4) 3. Explain the connections between policy, organisation, governance, and the impact of these on practice and service delivery (PS 3.9; 4.5; 6.2) 4. Evaluate how organisations manage change and respond to contemporary challenges in social work (PS 3.3; 3.5; 3.14; 6.2) 5. Analyse how organisations manage professional accountability in social work, risk and resilience (PS 3.1; 3.6; 3.7; 3.8; 6.2; 6.5) * Social Work England's Professional Standards (PS) |
Synopsis: | Develop a critical understanding of how social care organisations operate within (and respond to) changing economic, social, political contexts.
Drawing on knowledge from your placements, you'll critically analyse how organisations are managed, governed and regulated.
You'll also learn about how:
- organisations respond to contemporary challenges in the sector and implement change
- professional accountability works in social work
- risk management and resilience is managed by organisations
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Content: | Management and managerialism
Governance and regulation
Performance measurement
Accountability, risk and blame
Resilience in organisations
Inter-agency working |
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SP32046 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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