Perspectives on Organisations

Lehrinhalte

Epistemological approaches to organization • Images of Organisation and the Art of Imagination • Selected Approaches:  Perceiving and Observing  Behavioural Decision Making  Power and (Micro-)Politics  System Thinking, System Dynamics  Sensemaking and the Process of Organising  Social Systems Theory

Art der Vermittlung

Präsenzveranstaltung

Art der Veranstaltung

Pflichtfach

Empfohlene Fachliteratur

Selected articles on Moodle

Lern- und Lehrmethode

Lecture, group tasks (esp. mini cases), casework (seminar paper)

Prüfungsmethode

30% individual case work (assessment criteria: plausibility of analysis and proposed solution, use of relevant sources and approaches, formal correctness) 70% final exam (closed book) (assessment criteria: correctness and complexity of solutions)

Voraussetzungen laut Lehrplan

Organisationsdesign, Strategic Management

Schnellinfos

Studiengang

Projektmanagement und Organisation (Master)

Akademischer Grad

Master

ECTS Credits

2.00

Unterrichtssprache

Englisch

Studienplan

Berufsbegleitend

Studienjahr, in dem die Lerneinheit angeboten wird

2026

Semester in dem die Lehrveranstaltung angeboten wird

2 SS

Incoming

Nein

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

After successfully completing this course, students will be able to, • explain the premises and research traditions of main organisational theory approaches and derive the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches presented, • analyse concrete organisations and decisions in organisations from different theoretical angles and • evaluate the consequences of organizational theories for their own management behavior and decision-making.

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

0388-25-01-BB-DE-19