Perspectives on Organisations

Brief description

• 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

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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

Assessment methods and criteria

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)

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Organisationsdesign, Strategic Management

Infos

Degree programme

Projectmanagement & Organisation (Master)

Cycle

Master

ECTS Credits

2.00

Language of instruction

English

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2026

Semester

2 SS

Incoming

Learning outcome

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.

Course code

0388-25-01-BB-DE-19

Perspectives on Organisations