FSS:VPLb1149 Theory and Management - Course Information
VPLb1149 Introduction to Theory of Organisation and Management
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Iveta Zelenková, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Tue 10:00–11:40 U23
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 44 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/44, only registered: 18/44 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course the students should be able - to understand the processes which are going on in organizations - to design and implement the public programmes more effectively - to reflect on and to perform effectively their managerial roles in their professions in organisations.
- Learning outcomes
- The student gain the abilities and skills: - to describe and analyse organisational structures and other elements/aspects of organisations - to describe and analyse the processes in organisations - to describe and analyse managerial processes and role of managers - to apply their knowledge to elaborating and implementing the programmes of social interventions in organisations - to be oriented in managerial roles and able to perform them in future
- Syllabus
- Organization and organizational system. Theory of bureaucracy. Approaches and understandings of organization in theory of management Organizational structures. Centralization and decentralization. Organizational culture. Typology of organizational cultures, dynamics of OC. Introduction to management: managerial cycle of work, functions and roles of a manager. Planning, problem solving and decision making: the goals of the organisation and the capacity of the organisation to achieve its goals, the content and process of decision making, decision theory. Organizing, coordination and inter-organizational cooperation: groups and teams, tools and mechanisms of coordination, types of cooperation. Leadership, communication and control: communication as a tool for information gathering, authority and leadership in the organisation, processes and tools for control. Public management: new public management, governance, contracting, public-private partnerships, performance management, quality management, benchmarking, process management.
- Literature
- required literature
- Keller, J. 1996. Sociologie byrokracie a organizace. Praha: SLON.
- Winkler J. Teorie rozhodování a dynamika sociální politiky. Brno MU 2007
- Handy, C. 1993. Understanding Organisations. Penguin.
- Schein, E.H. 1969. Psychologie organizace. Praha: ORBIS.
- March, J. C.; Olsen P. 1997. Democratic Governance. Free Press N. Y.
- Robbins,S.P., Coulter M., 2004. Management. Praha: Grada Publishing. (Robbins,S.P., Coulter M., 2012. Management. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall. 11th. Ed.)
- recommended literature
- Lukášová, R. 2010. Organizační kultura a její změna. Grada
- Hrabalová S., Klímová V., Nunvářová S., 2007. Metody a nástroje řízení ve veřejné správě. ESF MUNI, Brno.
- Bouckaert G., Peters G., Verhoest K., 2010. The Coordination of Public Sector Organizations: Shifting Patterns of Public Management. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Blažek L., 2001. Úvod do teorie řízení podniku. Brno: MU.
- LUSSIER, Robert N. Management fundamentals : concepts, applications, skill development. 9e, international student ed. Los Angeles: Sage, 2021, xxxii, 666. ISBN 9781071808061. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussion, readings
- Assessment methods
- 2 written tests, seminar assignment - organizational analysis, oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
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