1201: Organisation ( efterår 2010 - 10 ECTS )
Rammer for udbud
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Uddannelsessprog:
dansk
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Niveau:
COURSE LEVEL : Compulsory course for the 1st semester of the BSc and Business Administration programmes
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Semester/kvarter:
SEMESTER FOR WHICH THE COURSE DESCRIPTION APPLIES: Fall 2010
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Timer per uge:
NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK : 5 lectures per week for 9 weeks and 4 tutorials per week for 7 weeks.
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Deltagerbegrænsning:
REQUIRED COURSES (progression): None
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Undervisningssted:
Århus
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Hovedområde:
Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet
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Udbud ID:
23419
Formål
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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After participation in this course, students should be able to:
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1) Explain how organizational structures influence the way a company solves its problems/tasks (internal design elements).
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2) Describe and compare different company structures and their advantages/ disadvantages.
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3) Explain different contingency contents (environments, strategy, size, culture and technology) and reflect on their influence on company organizational structures.
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4) Compare different subdivisions of the company's internal dynamic organizational processes (conflict resolution, culture, innovation and changes, and decision-making processes).
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5) Reflect on their choice for using several different company structures, giving reasons relevant for parts of as well as for the entire company in a given situation (unknown case).
Indhold
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is intended to provide the individual student with insights into ways of designing the organization of a firm. It also aims to provide the student with analytical tools to determine the influence of internal demands and challenges, the surrounding world, technology and the individual on the firm's choice of organization design. The course will also enable the students to understand and analyse the internal organization processes that are specific to the chosen organization design.
COURSE CONTENTS AND SUBJECT AREAS
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1) Basic organization theory incl. purpose
(organizations, organization theory, design, efficiency)
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2) Organizations as open systems
(environments, interorganizational relations, technology
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3) Design elements of the internal organization
(life cycle, size, culture, ethics)
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4) Structure of the future
(interorganizational relations, organizational learning, organizational structures of the new economy)
Faglige forudsætninger
REQUIRED COURSES
(progression): None
Underviser
LECTURER
: Henrik Sørensen
Undervisnings- og arbejdsform
TEACHING METHOD:
Lectures, student presentations and guest lectures.
TEACHING LANGUAGE
: Danish
Litteratur
LITERATURE:
Daft, R.L., J. Murphy & H. Willmott (2010): Organization Theory and Design. Cengage Learning EMEA (700 pages)
Sørensen, Henrik (2007): Virksomheders strukturer og processer. 15 praktiske eksempler på vækst og stagnation. 150 pages.
Case 1: "Bodo" - Case 2: "Bolo IT-systemer - Case 3: "Concordia" - Case 4: "Danfood" - Case 5: "Danmøbler" - Case 6: "Drejbjerg Maskinfabrik" - Case 7: "Gunnar Hansen" - Case 8: "HOSPI" - Case 9: "Kongstrup maskinfabrik" - Case 10: "Lefton" - Case 11: "Multikran" - Case 12: "Ronstad kommune" - Case 13: "SKO-OP" - Case 14: "TARCO" - Case 15: "UJP-Tæpper"
Sørensen, Henrik (ed.) (2007): Organizational Classics. 118 pages.
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Article 5: Henri Fayol: General Principles of Management
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Article 17: Douglas McGregor: The Human Side of Enterprise
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Article 19: Burns & Stalker: Mechanistic and Organic Systems
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Article 21: Walker & Lorsch: Organizational Choice: Product versus Function
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Article 22: Mintzberg: The Five Basic Parts of the Organization
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Article 33: Mintzberg: The Power Game and the Players
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Article 38: Martin: Organizational Culture: Pieces of the Puzzle
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Article 46: Thompson: Organizations in Action
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Article 48: Pfeffer & Salancik: External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective
Weekly notes, power-points and other information on the course homepage form part of the curriculum.
In all 770 pages
Studieordning og bedømmelse
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Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
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Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
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Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
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Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
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Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
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Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
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Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur
FORM OF ASSESSMENT
: 4 hours' written exam (in December).
EXAMINATION AIDS ALLOWED
: None
