This information is for the 2020/21 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Gerben Bakker SAR 509
Availability
This course is available on the MRes/PhD in Accounting (AOI) (Accounting, Organisations and Institutions Track), MRes/PhD in Quantitative Economic History, MSc in Accounting, Organisations and Institutions, MSc in Economic History, MSc in Economic History (Research), MSc in Global Economic History (Erasmus Mundus) and MSc in Political Economy of Late Development. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Course content
This course comparatively explores the history of strategies, business organisations and industries since the nineteenth century. Different approaches to analyse this evolution are discussed, as well as the history of thinking about management and organisational structure and how this affected history itself. Introductory lecture(s) set the scene, discuss key concepts and various economic approaches to analyse the evolution of organisations. Subsequently the course looks at the origins of legal forms of organisation - such as the corporation, the private limited liability company and the cooperative - at the development of organisational structures, at the history of thinking about them, and at evolution of industries.
Teaching
20 hours of seminars in the LT. 2 hours of seminars in the ST.
This course is delivered through a series of seminars totalling 20 hours across Lent Term. This year, some or all of this teaching may be delivered through a combination of virtual seminars and other online activities.
This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of Lent Term.
Formative coursework
Students are expected to write two essays or equivalent pieces of written work.
Indicative reading
Assessment
Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer exam period.
Key facts
Department: Economic History
Total students 2019/20: 12
Average class size 2019/20: 12
Controlled access 2019/20: Yes
Value: Half Unit
Important information in response to COVID-19
Please note that during 2020/21 academic year some variation to teaching and learning activities may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the situation of students in attendance on campus and those studying online during the early part of the academic year. For assessment, this may involve changes to mode of delivery and/or the format or weighting of assessments. Changes will only be made if required and students will be notified about any changes to teaching or assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.