Organizational Analysis

2018/2019

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

2

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

eLearning Office

Course type:

Elective course

When:

2 year, 3 module

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Discipline is implemented in the blended learning format: online «Organizational Analysis» LMS, followed by offline final exam. Course prerequisites and formed competencies: The course is an elective designed for second year master students. The study of this discipline is based on the following disciplines: work and organizational psychology, leadership and organization. The working language of the course is exclusively English, which includes teaching, presentations, and all communications. In order for the student to be able to benefit from the course, an excellent ability to write, comprehend, and speak in English is required.

Learning Objectives

• The purpose of this course is for students to learn multiple theories of organizational behavior and apply them to actual cases of organizational change. 

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to use organizational theories to systematically analyze how an organization operates and can best be managed
• Students will be able to systematically identify important features of an organization and the events transforming it
• Students will be able to choose a theoretical framework most applicable to the observed mode of organizing
• Students will be able to use that theory to determine which actions will best redirect the organization in desired directions

Course Contents

• Topic 1 Introduction
• Topic 2 Decisions by Rational and Rule-based Procedures
• Topic 3 Decisions by Dominant Coalitions
• Topic 4 Organized Anarchy
• Topic 5 Organizational Learning
• Topic 6 Organizational Culture
• Topic 7 Resource Dependency Theory
• Topic 8 Networks
• Topic 9 Institutional Theory
• Topic 10 Population Ecology and Course Summary

Assessment Elements

• Essay
• Exam

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (3 module)
  0.3 * Essay + 0.7 * Exam

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Jex, S. M., & Britt, T. W. (2014). Organizational Psychology : A Scientist-Practitioner Approach (Vol. Third edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=927226
• Spector, P. E. (2016). Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Vol. 7th ed). New York: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1639318

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Negruti, A., Hristova, P., Larsen, K. S., & Krumov, K. (2015). Positive Organizational Psychology : Advances in Creating Improved Workplaces and Employee Well-Being. Kassel: Kassel University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1114660