PVSOOR Sociology of Organisations

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Laura Fónadová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Katarína Portešová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Růžena Lukášová, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lenka Jílková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
PVSOOR/1: Mon 9:20–11:00 P304, K. Portešová
Prerequisites
The course is intended as a voluntary course for undergraduate students.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 77 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/77, only registered: 0/77, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/77
Course objectives
The course concentrates on the topic of sociology of organization, bureaucracy and sociology of work. After a general orientation in the history of theoretical approaches to organization, it focuses on the study of groups within an organization, influence of groups and the organizational structure on an individual's behaviour in an organization, models of cooperative relations, conflicts and on the bureaucratic phenomenon. Large emphasis is put on matching theoretical knowledge with the practical experience of the students.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the issues of formal organizations
  • Classical period of the theories of organization and theories of bureaucracy
  • Criticism of the classical period of theories of organization
  • Hawthorn's experiments and changes in the paradigm of the organization studies
  • Relation between an individual and organization
  • Typology of approaches to an individual in the organizational context
  • The newest approaches to an organization
  • Organization from the viewpoint of the main sociological paradigms
  • The topic of groups in the sociology of an organization
  • Group structure and dynamics
  • Sociometric technique
  • Working group and conflict
Literature
  • NOVÝ, Ivan. Sociologie pro ekonomy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 1997, 164 s. ISBN 8071694339. info
  • KELLER, Jan. Sociologie byrokracie a organizace (Sociology, Bureaucracy and Organization.). In Sociologie byrokracie a organizace. Praha: SLON, 1996. ISBN 80-85850-15-X. info
Assessment methods
The course is concluded with a written exam. Students are eligible to take the oral exam provided that they fulfill given conditions:
1. achieving 75% presence in seminars and active participation,
2. presentation of a (short) paper,
3. elaboration of a research project.
Important information! If students commit a prohibited act, such as using various forbidden tools, cribbing, taking out any part of the exam or any other cheating, the teacher is allowed to interrupt an exam and to grade a student with F, FF or FFF according to the seriousness of the offence. The mentioned procedure relates to all the activities that are included in the final evaluation of the course (seminar work, essays, tests etc.).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.econ.muni.cz/~laura/soc_organizaci/socorg.htm
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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