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040519 KU Sociology of Organizations (MA) (2023W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 05.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 12.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 19.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 09.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 16.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 23.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 30.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 07.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 14.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 11.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 18.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 25.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Students should become acquainted with sociological theories, concepts and research results on organizations and reflect critically on them. The specifics of the sociological view of the company or organizations in general will be presented and different organizational sociological theories and their contribution to the explanation of business phenomena. The contents will be developed by the participants through reading, presentation and discussion of texts as well as through lectures by the course instructor. Afterwards, they will be deepened by the participants through application in their own empirical work.

Assessment and permitted materials

Preparation of comments on the literature, papers on the literature, conducting an empirical paper and presentation.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The assessment of the course is composed of the following criteria: Preparation and discussion of the required reading (20%), presentation on the literature (30%), preparation of the exposé including interview guide for the research paper (15%), written paper on the research paper (35%).

Attendance at the first unit is mandatory. Regular active participation in the course (max. two absences) is a prerequisite for a grade. For a passing grade, all sub-units must be completed, a minimum of 51% must be achieved, and the attendance requirement must be met.
Grading scale: 51%-62%=4, 63%-75%=3, 76%-88%=2, 89%-100%=1

Examination topics

Reading list

Hinings, C. R. & Meyer, R. (2018). Starting points: Intellectual and institutional foundations of organization theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kieser, A. & Ebers, M. (Hrsg.) (2014): Organisationstheorien. 7., erweiterte Auflage. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer. Preisendörfer, P. (2016): Organisationssoziologie. Grundlagen, Theorien und Problemstellungen. 4., überarbeitete
Auflage. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
Scott, R. W. (1994). Organizational sociology. Aldershot: Dartmouth.
Scott, R. W. (1986): Grundlagen der Organisationstheorie. Frankfurt/Main & New York: Campus-Verlag.
Scott, R. W. & Davis, G. F. (2007). Organizations and organizing: Rational, natural and open system perspectives. New Jersey: Pearson.

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