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| Detailed information |
| Pre-requisites |
(*)IK Verhalten und Management in Organisationen UND KS Organisation und Innovation
(Bei erfolgter Zulassung zu einem Masterstudium, in dem die Lehrveranstaltung im Rahmen der Pflicht- oder Wahlfächer vorgeschrieben ist, gilt diese Voraussetzung als erfüllt.)
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| Original study plan |
Diploma programme (*)Wirtschaftswissenschaften 2009W |
| Objectives |
- Critically question and expand existing basic knowledge of organization theory and organizational behavior
- Become familiar with three main theoretical frameworks for understanding organizations: economic, institutional, evolutionary
- Apply these frameworks at different levels: individuals, groups, organizations, and populations of organizations
- Understand why organizational structures and actions are subject to continual contestation, producing change and diversity in an uncertain environment
- Learn to take an analytical approach to the study of organizations, drawing on several theoretical perspectives simultaneously
- Learn to read, understand, and judge advanced research articles, thereby comprehending complex and ambiguous relationships as they appear in organizations and in management in general
- Become able to critically reflect on organizations and the various roles the play in modern society – socially, politically, economically, and culturally
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| Subject |
This seminar examines organizations as building blocks in modern societies, reviews different theoretical frameworks that have been central to organization science, and applies these frameworks in the explanation of a broad range of organizational phenomena. The course is structured into two stages.
Prep Stage: acquiring/relearning required basic knowledge for the course
- Organizations as social systems
- Definitions of organizations
- Interplay between structure and agency
- Organizations as a field of research
- Economic, institutional and evolutionary perspectives
Advanced Stage: acquiring advanced knowledge for the course
- Space & spatiality: geographic and social spaces of organizations; theories of economic agglomeration; organizational networks and fields
- Time & temporality: historical approaches to organizations; theory of path dependence; different conceptions of time in organization studies
- Structures & structuring: formal and informal structures; socialization processes; decoupling of structures and practice
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| Criteria for evaluation |
Written exams in class
- First exam for Prep Stage (60 Points)
- Second exam for Prep and Advanced Stage (90 Points)
Bonus points can be earned through additional assignments.
Grading criteria:
- Knowledge of the discussed theories and contents
- Ability to integrate multiple theories and evidence on different topics
- Ability to develop an argument: what is the main claim and why should the reader believe that this claim is correct?
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| Methods |
Lectures, Q&A, discussion questions, text discussion
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
Text book: Staber, U. (2013). Understanding Organizations. Theories and Images. Sage.
Additional readings will be announced in the first session
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Further information |
none
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