Multidisciplinary organisation
Dr Peter Cock, Associate Professor Paul Bishop and Dr Sharron Pfueller
12 points
* 2 hours per week
* All year
* Clayton
*
Prerequisites: none
Objectives On completion of this subject students should have completed the following: (i) appropriate research design to elucidate a selected problem; (ii) efficient project management to achieve specified objectives and (iii) sensitivity to and effective management of group dynamics.
Synopsis `Multidisciplinary organisation' aims to provide an intensive apprenticeship in the various facets of a team-based approach to environmental research. This approach is multidisciplinary in that it acknowledges the need to bring together different disciplinary perspectives in the investigation of multi-dimensional environmental problems. It is interdisciplinary in that the aim is to produce a cohesive, integrative perspective, underpinned by a systems' understanding of the interrelated processes involved. MDO begins with a series of lectures on the principles of a multidisciplinary approach to environmental research. This research is strictly time-tabled. It is undertaken by a self-selected group of three to five people on a topic chosen by them. The subject concludes with an extensive review of the project experience.
Assessment Brief (1000 words): 10%
* Meeting minutes (1000 words),
journal and individual review (2000 words): Pass/Fail only
* Preliminary
project report (2000 words): 12%
* Preliminary group dynamics report (1000
words): 6%
* Final report (4000 words): 50%
* Group dynamics report
(2000 words): 12%
* Overall assessment 10%
Prescribed texts
GSES A guide to interdisciplinary research latest edition
Earlier reports for MDO and ERM group reports
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