ESF:MPV_ORCH Organisational Behaviour - Course Information
MPV_ORCH Organisational Behaviour
Faculty of Economics and AdministrationAutumn 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Růžena Lukášová, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Růžena Lukášová, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Jana Biskupová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration - 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: 0/44 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, M-HPS)
- Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)
- Public Economics (programme ESF, N-HPS)
- Course objectives
- The course provides the students with the understanding of the organizational behavior and the behavior of individuals inside organizations necessary for efficient organization management and development. The course is of an interdisciplinary character as it incorporates the findings of psychology, sociology and management on a practical level and it explains the organizational behavior and the behavior of individuals inside from a wider perspective of organizational behavior efficiency.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
- understand the main patterns of the behavior of organizations and of the individuals inside;
- predict the tendencies in the organizational behavior and the behavior of individuals inside;
- make reasoned decisions concerning the management of organizations and the individuals inside;
- select measures and tools purposefully to influence individuals, groups and organizations as a whole to enhance their efficiency. - Syllabus
- 1. Organizational behavior and benefits of its study.
- Organization, organizational behavior – term definition. An interdisciplinary approach to their studies and to understanding organizations. Course objectives.
- 2. Individuals in organizations I.
- Personality. Personality determinants of performance and individual behavior inside organizations, individual differences.
- 3. Individuals in organizations II.
- Career in the organization. Career - term definition, career types, career cycles. Career planning and management, career adaptability.
- 4.Individuals in organizations III.
- Work motivation and job satisfaction. Work roles, role conflicts, role overload.
- 5. Work groups and their management I.
- Formal and informal groups. Group roles, group structure. Group processes and behavior. Efficiency of work groups.
- 6. Work groups and their management II.
- A work group and a work team. Team types, characteristics of team work. Team roles. Selection of team members, team development.
- 7. Work groups and their management III.
- Leadership styles, leadership style typology, leadership style choice with respect to the the work groups and characteristics of the organization.
- 8. Organizational relationships and their dynamics.
- Power in an organization, sources of power, influence of power distribution on organizational behavior and decision making. Organizational conflicts, sources of conflicts, conflict management.
- 9. Organizational culture.
- Organizational culture – term definition, organizational culture elements, organizational culture structure. Organizational culture sources. The content and the power of organizational culture, organizational subcultures.
- 10. Organizational culture influence on organization’s behavior and efficiency.
- Functions of organizational culture, its influence on organization’s behavior and efficiency. Conflict of subcultures within an organization, its consequences.
- 11. Desired organizational culture and its development.
- Process of the desired organizational culture formulation. Knowledge of organizational culture as a pre-requisite for efficient creation of the desired organizational culture content. Tools for desired organizational culture creation.
- 12. Organization development.
- External and internal causes of the necessity for organizational development and change. Organizational change.
- Literature
- required literature
- Organizační chování :jak se každý den chovají spolupracovníci, nadřízení, podřízení, obchodní partneři či zákazníci. Edited by František Bělohlávek. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 1996, 343 s. ISBN 80-85839-09-1. info
- LUKÁŠOVÁ, Růžena. Organizační kultura a její změna (Organizational culture and its change). vyd. první. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010, 238 pp. edice Expert. ISBN 978-80-247-2951-0. info
- Teaching methods
- The course takes the form of both lectures and seminars. Lectures are focused on explaining basic theory, during the seminars the skills to apply the knowledge in practice using group discussions, case studies and model situations are developed.
- Assessment methods
- The final examination is written, minimum level of knowledge to pass is 60%.
The conditions for being allowed to take the final test include the following:
1) attendance of at least 80%,
2) writing up an individual seminar paper on the assigned topic,
3) team elaboration of the assigned case study, presentation of the team work during the last seminar. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Výuka bude probíhat blokově v následujících termínech: Pá 12.10., Pá 2.11., Pá 23.11., vždy 16:00-19:50 v P302a.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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