Contemporary Management-E2
| Numbering Code | U-LAS06 10012 LE44 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | All students | Target Student | For all majors | |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Mon.3 | |
| Instructor name | WANG, Tao (Graduate School of Economics Associate Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | Organizations are the basic building blocks of modern society. Market transactions and management activities are played out in and across organizations. To understand management phenomena, we must appreciate the power and scope of organizations. This course is a seminar-format introduction to the main theoretical orientations (assumptions, arguments and conclusions) of macro-organization studies. It will get students to think analytically and critically about organizations. The course centers on three questions: first, what are organizations, where do they come from and how are they organized? Second, what are environments of organizations and how do organizations interact with them? Third, what accounts for organizational success and failure, and what are the implications for management? | |||
| Course Goals |
By the end of this course, students will be able to - Understand different and competing perspectives of organizations - Diagnose analytically and critically problems of organizations - Provide constructive recommendations for improving organizational performance |
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| Schedule and Contents |
The course is taught via a 90-minute-lecture/seminar session per week, over a period of fifteen weeks. The following overview is subject to adjustments when needed. Week 01 - What is an organization & why study OT? Week 02 - A brief history of organization theory Week 03-04 - Organization-environment relations Week 05-06 - Organizational social structure Week 07-08 - Technology Week 09-10 - Organizational culture Week 11-12 - The physical structure of organizations Week 13-14 - Organizational power, control and conflict Week 15 - Feedback session Total：14 classes, 1 Feedback session |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
- 20% Class attendance and participation Speak up and share your experience and thoughts - 40% Group Case presentation Session 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 Your choice of ”What is in the news” Connect with theoretical arguments of corresponding sessions - 40% Individual Final essay (2500 words) Due: Week 15 An essay connecting concepts in our class with an organization of your own choice |
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| Course Requirements | The seminars will be delivered in English. Students should have adequate language proficiency to actively participate in the class. Knowledge of management is not a requirement to enroll in this course. | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students are expected to spend at least 120 minutes outside of class each week on class preparation, readings, and review. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Organization theory: Modern, symbolic, and postmodern perspectives., Hatch, M. J. (2018)., (Oxford university press.), ISBN:9780198723981 | ||
| References, etc. |
Organizations evolving., Aldrich, H. (1999). , (Sage.), ISBN:9781412910477 The Blackwell companion to organizations., Baum, J. A. (Ed.). (2002)., (Oxford: Blackwell.), ISBN:9780631216940 The Sage Handbook of Organization Studies (2nd edition)., Clegg, S. R., Hardy, C., Lawrence, T., & Nord, W. R. (Ed.). (2006)., (Sage.), ISBN:9781446270462 Organizations and organizing: Rational, natural, and open system perspectives., Davis, G. F., & Scott, W. R. (2007). , (Prentice Hall.), ISBN:9780131958937 Organizations: a very short introduction., Hatch, M. J. (2011). , (Oxford University Press.), ISBN:9780199584536 Understanding organizations., Lune, H. (2010). , (Polity.), ISBN:9780745644271 |
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