FSS:SOC574E Organizational Culture and Cul - Course Information
SOC574E Introduction to Organizational Culture and Culture in Organizations
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jana Lindbloom, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Ladislav Rabušic, CSc.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- each even Tuesday 9:45–13:00 U34
- 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 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Central European Studies Program (programme CST, CESP)
- Cultural Sociology (Eng.) (programme FSS, N-SO)
- Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Social Studies (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Arts (programme CST, KOS)
- Sociology (Eng.) (programme FSS, N-SO)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to explain the concept of organizational culture and to introduce various theories and methodologies employed in organizational culture studies. Organizational culture will be explored in relation to more general themes in organizational studies and sociology, such as power, legitimacy, identity, performance, interactional order or organizational change. Drawing on both theory articles and illustrative research papers, students will learn to interpret cultures in organizations from managerial to critical, normative to analytical, as well as more alternative (sociological) perspectives.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction: Organization(s) and Culture 2. Perspectives on Culture 3. Organizational Change 4. Identities, Power and Resistance 5. Space in Organization 6. Cross-National Differences 7. Presentations
- Literature
- All the texts will be available to students in the folder for study materials in the IS. For the list of readings, see the syllabus in the course-related instructions folder.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, readings, discussions, mini-research
- Assessment methods
- Students are expected to attend every lesson and join discussions about the assigned readings. Students are also required to turn in five short (1-2 page) comparisons of the texts selected for each lesson as well as one presentation and a longer analytical paper (8-10 pages) interpreting the most noteworthy findings of their small study of an organization of their choice. The final grade will be based on the sum of points gained for five short papers (max. 5x6 – together 30 points), class discussions (max. 15 points), presentation (15 points) and final paper (40 points).
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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