MG475 Half Unit
Organisational Theory
This information is for the 2016/17 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Daniel Beunza NAB 4.27
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MSc in Human Resources and Organisations (Organisational Behaviour). This course is available on the CEMS Exchange, IMEX Exchange, MSc in Human Resources and Organisations (International Employment Relations and Human Resource Management), MSc in Management, MSc in Management (CEMS MIM), MSc in Management (MiM Exchange), MSc in Management, Organisations and Governance and MiM Exchange. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Also available as an option to students on the MPhil/PhD in Management: Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour.
Course content
1. Early debates: Smith, Marx and Weber on bureaucracy 2. Institutional Theory and corporate culture 3. Sensemaking 4. Materiality and the Performativity of Economics 5. Social Movements/ Corporate Social Responsibility 6. Population Ecology 7. Social networks - individual level 8. Social networks inter-organizational level 9. New Markets and product categories 10. Status and Identity in organizational fields
Teaching
30 hours of seminars in the MT. 1 hour and 30 minutes of seminars in the ST.
Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy.
Formative coursework
In-class exercise
Indicative reading
Perrow, Charles. 1986. Complex Organizations, New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 1-48.
Scott, W. Richard. 1998. Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems, 4th Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Assessment
Exam (60%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.
Project (30%, 3000 words).
Class participation (10%) in the MT.
Key facts
Department: Management
Total students 2015/16: 30
Average class size 2015/16: 33
Controlled access 2015/16: Yes
Lecture capture used 2015/16: Yes (MT)
Value: Half Unit
Personal development skills
- Leadership
- Self-management
- Team working
- Communication