HR0372

Seminar 6

Task 1
How do we use what we have learned in the Assignment?
Before the seminar:
Re-familiarise yourself with the four main cases you have looked at in some of
your seminars this semester: (Seminar 1; Bristol RVI / Seminar 2; Disney /
Seminar 3; Nissan-Renault / Seminar 4; Daimler-Chrysler)
During the seminar:
1. Working in small groups choose to re-examine ONE of three main cases
Disney, Nissan-Renault or Daimler-Chrysler
2. For whichever one of these 3 cases you choose as a group imagine you are
using this case for the HR0372 assignment and outline a draft of how you
might write the assignment as a group.
3. Give feedback (organized with Table headings and columns as below
Focus, Theory, Key Concepts, Evidence (Examples), Possible Conclusions)
to the whole group
As an example the following has been completed for you for the first
seminar case- Bristol
RVI:
Focus

Theory

Key Concepts

How did
culture
impact on
learning?

Handy /
Harrison:

Club Culture
Role Culture
Task Culture
Person Culture

Why
might
this be
an
appropria
te
Theory?
(e.g.
because
the
Public
Enquiry
used the
concept
of Club
Culture
in their
report.

Show what sorts

of practices
indicate these
cultures e.g.
decision
making taking
place in
committees
indicates Role
Culture
Show how these
cultures may
impact on
learning e.g.
task cultures will
emphasize the
learning

Evidence
(Examples)
Surgeons not
changing clinical
practices
Repeated
behaviours (e.g.
length of
procedures /
dismissal of
criticism)
Mortality rates
compared with
other centres
Decision
making
practices (Senior
staff taking
decisions
informally)
Relationships

Possible
Conclusions
Bristol RVI was a
Club Culture
In Club Cultures,
the values of the
club dominate the
values of the
organization
In Club Cultures
the members of
the club dominate
decision making
and the criteria
used for making
decisions in the
organization
At Bristol RVI the
club did not
value learning,
this had terrible
consequences.

necessary to
achieve
outcomes

between
employees (e.g.
them and us)

Having read this example now as a group undertake 1,2 and 3 above by
choosing one of the other 3 cases outlined above and completing a table with
the following headings:
Focus

Theory

Key Concepts

Evidence
(Examples)

Possible
Conclusions

N.B (Remember that in this Module there are no specific Model Answers because
different theories will focus our attention on different features of the cases. In
other words we will look at different types of evidence depending on the
concepts that our theories use. Part of what you will do in the actual
Assignment is to argue why a particular theoretical framework is appropriate to
the case.
After completing the above your seminar tutor will take you through material
relating to these examples as a summary

Task 2
Bring any questions/issues you wish to discuss with your tutor about the work
you have done for your assignment, you should be well on in terms of the work
you have done by this week (teaching week 12), so make use of this session to
fine tune your ideas. However do not bring along all of your assignment
completed so far for the tutor to look at, just questions/issues arising from your
work)