Research Methods
Credit-Bearing
Graduate and Postgraduate |
Provides students with an understanding of methodological theories underpinning both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research and with a practical knowledge of how to design and carry out a research project. |
The Voluntary Organisation in Context
Credit-Bearing
Graduate and Postgraduate |
This module provides students with: an introduction to the principal theories of the voluntary sector; the historical and current social policy context in which voluntary agencies operate |
Organisational Theory and Behavior
Credit-Bearing
Graduate and Postgraduate |
This module provides an overview of the generic organisational literature. It will enable students to identify the common features of all organisations and apply them to understanding and explaining problems |
Organising Voluntary Organisations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate and Postgraduate |
This module complements VAM020L002 by focusing on the distinctive organisational challenges faced by voluntary and community sector organisations and those who manage and lead them. |
The Economics of Welfare
Credit-Bearing
Graduate and Postgraduate |
This module builds on the earlier module to extend the students' ability to analyse and evaluate the environment in which voluntary and community sector organisations operate |
Dissertations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate and Postgraduate |
This module provides students with the opportunity to apply both the knowledge and understanding gained from the practical placement and the analytical and conceptual tools and study skills gained |
Voluntary Sector Financial Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate and Postgraduate |
This module explores in greater depth some of the issues of resource management covered in VAM020L002 It will provide students with the means of evaluating the needs of community and voluntary sector |
The Legal Framework of Voluntary Action
Credit-Bearing
Graduate and Postgraduate |
This module builds on the discussion of accountability and regulation provided by VAM020L001. It will enable students to analyse the legal framework within which voluntary and community sector organisations carry out their work. |
Managing Voluntary Sector Staff
Credit-Bearing
Graduate and Postgraduate |
The reluctance of voluntary sector organisations to address the issues that face them as employers and the reasons for this are explored in VAM020L004. This module will look at some of the implications of this stance. |
Managing Volunteers
Credit-Bearing
Graduate and Postgraduate |
Many voluntary organisations are heavily dependent on the contribution made to their work by unpaid volunteers. This module will look in further detail at the issues arising from the recruitment and deployment of volunteers covered in VAM020M004. |
Marketing for Nonprofits
Credit-Bearing
Graduate and Postgraduate |
This module provides students with a study in greater depth of how voluntary agencies manage their relationships with their internal and external constituencies. I |
