FSS:SPP435 Theory of Management - Course Information
SPP435 Theory of Management
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Jiří Winkler, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Ladislav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Ondřej Částek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Wed 10:00–11:40 P24
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Social Policy and Social Work (programme FSS, N-SP)
- Social Policy and Social Work (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Personnel Management and Organizational Development)
- Social Policy and Social Work (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Social Policy)
- Social Policy and Social Work (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Social Work)
- Social Policy and Social Work (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Labour market, employment policy and human resources development)
- Course objectives
- The goal of the course is to equip the students with the contemporary knowledge of the theories of organisation and management. They should understand the processes in organisation and gain pre-requisites of effective designing and implementation the programmes of social interventions and to the adequate performance of the managerial roles in their professions.
- Syllabus
- 1 Organization, the internal system, approaches to their management 2 Different understandings of organisations, development of theories of organisations and management 3 Corporate/organisational structures 4 Corporate cultures 5 Goals and resources of organisations 6 The style of management 7 The role of manager 8 The processes of decision making and management 9 Trends in corporate/organisational strategies 10 Trends in designing and organising organisations
- Literature
- Schein, E.H. 1969. Psychologie organizace. Praha: ORBIS.
- Havelka, M. 1991. Management vademecum. Praha:
- Keller, J. 1996. Sociologie byrokracie a organizace. Praha: SLON.
- Nový, I. 1993. Podniková kultura a identita. Praha: VŠE. skripta
- Veber, J. a kol. 2000. Management. Základy, prosperita, globalizace. Praha : Management Press.
- Morgan G. 1997. Images of Organization. London: Sage.
- Truneček, J. 2004. Znalostní podnik ve společnosti znalostí. Praha : Profesional Publishing.
- Handy, C. 1993. Understanding Organisations. Penguin.
- Assessment methods
- lectures, class discussion, group projects, homeworks, presentations of homeworks, reading 3 written tests seminar paper oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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