Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Course Description Status: Approved

Course Description Version: 24/25.P.1.00

Description Period: 2024./25 academic year pavasara semestris

Study Course Accepted: -

Study Course Description

Organisational Theory and Management

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
KSK_244
Branch of Science
Sociology and social work; Sociology of Organisations and Social Governance
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Communication Science
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Ivans Jānis Mihailovs
Structure Unit Manager
Karina Palkova
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts

Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv

About Study Course

Objective

To provide an insight into different organisational management theories and approaches, supplementing them with an insight into the personality development theory, which the student may later practically use in daily life, when facing different situations and solving problems.

Preliminary Knowledge

Strategic management and social psychology.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Students know main organisational management theories, interaction between the organisation and an individual and its effects in the external environment.

Skills

1.Students independently use theoretical knowledge in the real professional activity environment analysing themselves and their actions, as well as leader’s professional skills and necessary personality traits.

Competences

1.Students understand the impact of leader’s personality and interaction with activities of an organisation and its results.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Individual work
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50% Group presentation on a pre-selected topic, based on materials that have been offered or found. Content of presentation: overview of the topic and its critical evaluation based on personal professional experience and theory. 50% Individual work on the use of one selected organisational theory in the analysis of a specific company. The role of the leader in the achievement of goals of an organisation should be evaluated in addition. The work envisages additional studies of literature, critical analysis and self-reflection.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Examination
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50% group presentation, 50% individual work. Overview of theory and critical analysis of activities of an organisation.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1

  1. Introduction, overview of organizational theories. Decision-making.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2

  1. Organisational behaviour theory. Goal setting theory.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
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Auditorium
2
2.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2

  1. Resource-based view (RBV). Learning of knowledge and experience in an organisation. Involvement of employees.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2

  1. Contingency theory. Organisational culture and theory of change.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Class/Seminar
On site
Auditorium
2

  1. Diverse and informed organisation management. Management without formal power.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
2.
Lecture
On site
Auditorium
2
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
20 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Dāvidsone G. Organizāciju efektivitātes modelis. – Jelgava: Organization Development Academy, 2008. – 327 lpp.

2.

Ešenvalde I. Pārmaiņu vadība. R.: Jāņa Rozes apgāds, 2007.

3.

Helers R. Vadībzinības. Rokasgrāmata. Viss par uzņēmējdarbību un vadību. – Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2004. – 256 lpp.

4.

Tsoukas, H., Knudsen, C. (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory: Meta- Theoretical Perspectives, Oxford University Press, 2003

5.

Hatch, M.J., Cunliffe, A. (eds). Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic, and Postmodern Perspectives 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2006

6.

Scott, W.R. 2003. Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems. Pearson.

7.

Uzņēmēja rokasgrāmata, Latvijas investīciju attīstības aģentūra, 2018, pieejams tiešsaistē: http://www.liaa.gov.lv/lv/biznesa-abc/uznemeja-rokasgramata

Additional Reading

1.

Bromiley, P. 2005. The behavioral foundations of strategic management. Oxford, UK:Blackwell Publishing.

2.

Donaldson, L. 2001. The Contingency Theory of Organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

3.

Latham, G. P. 2004. Motivate employee performance through goal-setting. In E. A. Locke (Ed.), The Blackwell handbook of principles of organizational behavior: 107-119. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

4.

Ferreira, A. and Otley, D. (2009) The design and use of performance management systems: An extended framework for analysis, Management Accounting Research, Vol. 20, p. 263-282

5.

R. Dimbleby, G. Burton. More than words: An introduction to communication. London: Routledge, 2007

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