30153 - ORGANIZATION THEORY
Department of Management and Technology
MARINA CARMELA LUIGIA PURICELLI
Mission & Content Summary
MISSION
CONTENT SUMMARY
- Classical organizational studies.
- Personality.
- Perception.
- Motivation.
- Decision Making.
- Organizational Design.
- People Management.
- Organizational Culture.
- Organizational Change.
- Team.
- Power and Influence.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
This course provides an undergraduate-level introduction to organization theory. The course has two main objectives:
- Provide a specialized language typical of thee organizational discipline.
- Provide a 360-degree overview of the core organizational theories to ensure a basic knowledge but adequate and rigorous.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Develop the ability to apply theories, models and conceptual schemes to different business realities.
A course student should be able to analyze, individually or in team, a specific business reality with an organizational frame and expertise. She/he should also be confident in giving advice to design a stronger organization and to increase people's motivation and satisfaction.
Teaching methods
- Face-to-face lectures
- Online lectures
- Case studies /Incidents (traditional, online)
- Group assignments
DETAILS
- In-class exercises to understand the language and to apply models and theory.
- Theories and/or case studies discussions (in-class) to improve communication skills.
- Oral presentations group assignments to improve public speaking skills.
- Group assignments to learn how to apply theories to reality.
Assessment methods
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ATTENDING STUDENTS
Written individual general exam on the class programme (60% of the final grade) plus project work (group assignment - 40% of the final grade). The written exam is structured with open questions and multiple choice questions.
NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
Only written individual general exam with multiple choice questions on the entire text book.
Teaching materials
ATTENDING STUDENTS
Class notes and a set of selected readings and slides uploaded on the Bboard and/or Library Course Reserves.
NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
PHILLIPS, GULLY, GRIFFIN, Organizational Behaviour, Managing People and Organizations, Cengage Learning, 2017, 12 Ed.