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What are organizations, how are they designed and how do they interact with their environment? These questions are simple but thought provoking. The module is aimed at giving students the possibility to discuss alternative answers to these questions. It will help students to increase their abilities to understand complex organized behavior. It offers not only a series of different theoretical lenses useful for explaining organizations from multiple perspectives but also a set of tools to design and manage organizations. Additionally, the module includes an analysis of the impact of new technologies on work and organizations. We discuss how robotics and AI as well as new ICT changes work and how it affects organizations.
To a large extent the courses rely on experiential learning techniques including individual as well as team assignments, role plays and simulations in-class, group discussions, and presentations.
Advanced knowledge in decision making and organization theory as well as advanced knowhow in strategic analysis and the management of people and organizations.
Ability to formulate and solve decision problems on the individual and organizational level, to evaluate and design organizations (its structures and processes) from different perspectives, ability to critically discuss and evaluate alternative or conflicting theories and concepts, advanced management skills, teamwork and conflict management competences.
Knowledge is provided through lectures and reading assignments. Analytical and synthetically skills are deepened by reading and critically discussing seminal contributions in the field of organization science. Furthermore, problem formulation and solving as well as management skills are deepened through interactive elements of the courses that are based on experiential learning techniques including case studies, role plays, teamwork, and take-home exercises. The competences are developed especially by discussing the applied theories and concepts from a meta perspective.
