433050 VU Introduction: Organizations and Organizing

winter semester 2017/2018 | Last update: 04.07.2018 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Organisation and Learning

Instructor:

Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Richard Weiskopf, +43 512 507 71472

Course number:

433050

Title:

VU Introduction: Organizations and Organizing

Type/hours:

VU 2

ECTS credits:

Period:

Block

Mode of repetition:

annually

Language of instruction:

English

Learning Outcome:

Students shall acquire basic knowledge on the field organization studies with specific respect to its basic ideas, issues and paradigms. Students shall be able to distinguish different approaches to organization studies and should be able to describe the interrelation between historical contingencies and specific discourses within organization studies.

Contents:

- The concept of organization - The field of organization studies, paradigms of OS - The emergence of modern(ist) Management and Organization - Organizing human relations - Culture and Organization - Neoinstitutionalism - Weber and Bureaucracy - Early and contemporary critique of bureaucracy - (micro)politics and organization, dynamic organization (Sensemaking, Enactment) - networks or organizing - disciplinary power and organization.

Methods:

Instructions, lectures, plenary and group discussions, reading assignments.

Assessment:

Written exam. Presentation of an organization (culture analysis) in groups.

Literature:

Basic literature: Clegg, S., Kornberger, M. & Pitsis, T. (latest edition): Managing and Organizations: An introduction to Theory and Practice. London: Sage.

The book is available at the STUDIA bookshop. The book will be available at the STUDIA bookshop.

Further literature (scientific articles) will be provided via the online learning plattform (OLAT).

Remarks:

VU (2) Weiskopf (433050) and VU (2) Vötsch (433 051) are integrated. Together they for the module "Approaches to Organization Studies".

This module is offered at the beginning of the 1st semester. It is an intense reading and working module which forms the foundation for the master program. It will be completed by an examination. THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS MODULE IS A PRECONDITION FOR CONTINUING WITH FURTHER MODULES OF THE PROGRAM. ATTENDANCE IN THE INTRODUCTORY LECTURE IS OBLIGATORY. SIGNING UP ONLINE IS ONLY REQUIRED FOR 433051, YOUR ARE THEN AUTOMATICALLY ENROLED TO 433050.

Start:

see dates

Course allocation

Innsbruck University School of Management

Master's Programme Organization Studies according to the Curriculum 2007 (120 ECTS-Credits, 4 semesters)

Compulsory Modules according to § 7 (75 ECTS-Credits, 28 h)

Compulsory Module 1: Approaches to Organization Studies (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Dates

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Date	Time	Location
Tue 2017-10-03	15.00 - 17.45	HS 2 (Sowi) HS 2 (Sowi)	Barrier-free	Vorbesprechung VU 433050 und VU 433051
Thu 2017-10-05	15.00 - 17.45	HS 2 (Sowi) HS 2 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Mon 2017-10-09	15.00 - 17.45	HS 2 (Sowi) HS 2 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Wed 2017-10-11	15.00 - 17.45	HS 2 (Sowi) HS 2 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Mon 2017-10-16	15.00 - 17.45	HS 2 (Sowi) HS 2 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Wed 2017-10-18	15.00 - 17.45	HS 2 (Sowi) HS 2 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Thu 2017-10-19	15.00 - 17.45	HS 2 (Sowi) HS 2 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Fri 2017-10-27	09.00 - 11.45	UR 3 (Sowi) UR 3 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Mon 2017-10-30	15.00 - 17.45	HS 2 (Sowi) HS 2 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Tue 2017-10-31	15.00 - 17.45	HS 2 (Sowi) HS 2 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Wed 2017-11-08	16.00 - 17.45	MS (Theologie) MS (Theologie)	Barrier-free	Klausur