BE872-7-SP-CO:
Consulting to Organisations: Depth Psychology Approaches
2024/25
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 21 March 2025
10
19 July 2023
Requisites for this module
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This module provides an introduction to consultancy approaches, from a depth psychology perspective.
Participants will study approaches to observing organisational process, the role and stance of the consultant, models of organisational change, interpersonal dynamics in teams, approaches to relational data, a variety of consultancy models informed by psychodynamic perspectives and the process of negotiating, contracting and concluding consultancy assignments.
The aims of this module are:
- To equip participants with a critical understanding of the nature and design of consultancy engagements.
- To equip participants with a critical understanding of the nature and design of consultancy engagements.
- To develop participants understanding of a range of depth psychology models of organisational change processes.
- To encourage critical dialogue and debate on the consultancy process.
- To develop participants’ appreciation of the consultancy role and stance.
- To develop the employability of participants, through an increased repertoire of tools to engage with organisations.
- To equip students with a range of competencies with which to carry out professional consultancy engagements in the private and public sectors.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the nature of consultancy engagements.
- Apply this understanding in designing consultancy projects.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of a range of depth psychology models of organisational change.
- Debate the respective merits of these models, in relation to a variety or organisational contexts.
- Engage in critical dialogue and debate on the consultancy process.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of the consultancy role and stance.
- Apply the learning from this module, in role, as a consultant.
No additional information available.
This module will be delivered via:
- Six 3-hour seminars.
- Two bookending workshops.
These sessions are structured around the key themes of the module and include case studies and small group exercises.
Students are also encouraged to identify contexts in their own personal and/or professional roles in which themes from the module can be developed and applied.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
Coursework |
2,500 word Individual Essay |
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100% |
Additional coursework information
- Individual Essay - 2,500 words.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mr Chris Tanner, email: chris.tanner@essex.ac.uk.
Mr Chris Tanner
ctanne@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Lorenzo Todorow Di San Giorgio
University College London
Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 24 hours, 24 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
* Please note: due to differing publication schedules, items marked with an asterisk (*) base their information upon the previous academic year.
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