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Institut für Organisation und Lernen Institut für Organisation und Lernen

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

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VO Organisationsdynamik

VO 2

5

wöch.

jährlich

Englisch

Entwicklung von persönlichen und organisationsbezogenen Veränderungskompetenzen auf der Grundlage von Kenntnissen hinsichtlich der Ursachen und der Systematik von Organisationsdynamiken sowie adaptiver, responsiver und aktiver Formen des Organisationswandels.

Philosophical orientations towards “change” - Paradigms for understanding change and transformation - Linear and nonlinear models of change - Rhizomatic model of organizational change - Sensemaking and organizational learning - Self-designing systems - Soft-systems Methodology (SSM) - Learning in a crises - Obstacles to Learning - Defensive Routines and Group-think - Non-linear history of organization

Instructions, lectures, plenary and group discussions, reading assignments, student presentations

60 min. written exam + assessment of exercises or presentations

Basic literature (further literature provided in lectures) Clegg, St./Kornberger, M./Pitis, T. (2008), Management and Organization. Chapter: Managing Change. London: Sage. [Lit 1] Linstead, S., & Linstead, A. (2004) 'Managing Change', in S. Linstead, L. Fulop & S. Lilley (eds.), Management and Organization. A Critical Text, pp. 422-461. Houndsmill, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. [Lit 2] Morgan, G. (1986) Images of Organization. London: Sage (Chapter: Flux and Transformation)

05.03.2014