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In September 2004 the Work Interaction and Technology Group at
King's College London is launching a new MSc in Organizations and
Technology. A distinctive feature of this MSc is that it promotes an
understanding of technology that is firmly rooted in the social and
organizational contexts for which it is designed, used and managed.
Drawing on recent research in the social and computer sciences,
particularly workplace studies and Computer Supported Cooperative
Work, the programme will provide students with the ability to analyse
work practice and organizational process through ethnographic and
video-based research. The course address the organizational
implications of recent developments in computing and
communication systems including the Web, mobile technologies,
expert systems, ubiquitous computing, augmented reality, media
space, and the like. These initiatives are having a profound impact on
work and organization and a corresponding influence on research in
the social and computer sciences. In this way the course will provide
students with the analytic, conceptual and practical resources to
undertake research on technology at work and the skills with which to
manage technology-based projects within public and private sector
organizations.
Course outline: a full-time, 1 year MSc consisting of a number of
taught modules including courses on Workplace Studies; the
Management of Information Systems; Technology and Organisations;
Research Methods; and Studies of Knowledge and Practice. Every
student undertakes an empirically based research project that forms
the basis of the dissertation.
Course requirements: A good first degree (normally a 2:1 or the
equivalent). Applications are encouraged from students with a
background in the social sciences, as well as those with relevant
experience in the computer sciences, engineering and cognate
disciplines.
Further details:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/management/courses/msc_ot.htm
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