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Year 3 Mgt. & Industrial Relns.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Ms J. Wolfram Cox
Prerequisite: 327-201 Organisational Behaviour
Contact: Classes totalling 3 hour per week throughout the semester.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should:
- understand the functions of frameworks and typologies for organisation theory;
- be able to compare and contrast organisation theories e. g. , mechanistic, organic, political, cultural;
- have an understanding of the ways our theories of organising affect our choice of issues and methods in organisational analysis and management.
Content:
This course will examine the underlying assumptions, models and applications of Organisation Theory. Course content will include: Introduction to Organisation Theory. Paradigms, frames and metaphors as ways of organising Organisation Theories: functionalism - managing operations as effective (and ineffective) systems; radical structuralism - removing structures of domination; radical humanism - releasing human potential in organisations; interpretation - under-standing organisations as social constructions. Differing perspectives on issues such as structures, power, leadership and change. Methods for Organisational Analysis. Integrations, debates and current issues.
Assessment:
A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (80%) and class assignments of up to 3,000 words (20%).
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