The course aim at providing students with an apparatus of theoretical and conceptual tools in order to understand and analyse the main organizational phenomena (e.g.: structures, organizational culture, the power structures and relations, the organization-social environment relations, the organizational change dynamics). This with the purpose to provide students with practical analytical tools and competences in order to understand and anlyse different organizational contexts and the skills to relate with them with an enough robust theoretical-conceptual background.
Course Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites, although the acquisition of some basic concepts in Sociology is useful
Teaching Methods
Lessons will be delivered through the traditional in-front lecture. Yet, students are encouraged to actively participate to lesson by some occasions of reflection and discussion on specific topics and aspects, drawn from real cases suitable to be analyzed through exposed theories and concepts.
Assessment Methods
The exam, both for attending and not attending students, is a written examination constituted by 2 open question to be aswered in an argumentative way This examination modality aims at assessing and verifying the learning of studied contents, the specialized vocabulary, skills in presenting them appropriately
Texts
Didactic material, both for attending and not attending students, to prepare the examination is the following book: M. Ferrante e S. Zan "Il fenomeno organizzativo", Roma Carocci Editiore, 2012
Contents
The course is based on the following six subject areas: 1) Definition of organization 2) The organizational structure and its types 3) The organizational culture 4) Power in organizations and its types 5) The organization-social environment relations 6) Logics and dynamic of organizational change
Course Language
Italian
More information
No further information to be known. Possible changes will be readily coomunicated to students through e-mail and communication on Kiro platform
