Kursübersicht AG136 Organizational Development and Learning

Lehrende(r) der Kurseinheit:

Objectives

The aim of this course is to improve the understanding of human behavior in organizations and enable the students with the ability to build and manage interrelations within the organization. In this course students will also learn how to improve organizational performance through the use of Organizational Development techniques. Readings and cases are assigned to give the student a clear understanding of the specific material and to afford the student the opportunity to apply the theory, and put it into practice. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are blended within topics.

Contents of the Course

Under organizational development, the procedures that increase organizational effectiveness will be outlined. This includes planned organizational change, which occurs over long periods of time, depending on personal and situational factors. In organizational change, quality management (QM) processes need to be understood and updated. Organizational learning is inherently a theme in organizational development, with focus on improving current systems present in the organization, and creating or changing the values and culture in the company to be aligned with updated organizational goals.

Students will learn how to combine these two concepts and use them in a practical setting via case studies. Students are to choose an organization in the industry they plan to work in in the future and analyse the current structure, QM procedures, and performance, and suggest improvements in management and organizational processes using knowledge acquired in this seminar.

Organizational Structure
Organizational Learning
Organizational Transformation
Organizational Culture
Issues Management
Crisis Management
Quality Management
Learning at the Managerial Level

Methods

case discussions, and skill-oriented activities, Lectures (via Zoom), individual assignments, and active participation.

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen

Formale: Full-time student (B.A.) in the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences.

Inhaltliche: Able to function in an English-speaking environment. Consultations can be conducted in German as well.

Assessment

Aufgrund der aktuellen Lage und den damit verbundenen gesundheitlichen Risiken besteht seitens der Hochschule auch kurzfristig die Möglichkeit, die Leistungserbringung (Prüfungsform) im SoSe 2020 zu ändern und damit den Gegebenheiten anzupassen.

Aktualisiert am 20.04.20

The evaluation of the course will be done according to the multiple score system. The calculation of a successful score will be done according to the proportions given as following:

Continuous Assessment on the basis of classroom work (case studies/ Worksheets) 30%
Presentation 30%
Final Essay 40%

Art	Datum der Leistungserbringung	Prüfungsanmeldung
(bitte Zeitangabe ...Min)		Ende 1. HS*	Ende 2. HS*	individuelles Datum
Klausur: 60 Min	vom PA festgelegt			bei Klausur nicht möglich
Test:	tt.mm.jj			tt.mm.jj
Präsentation	tt.mm.jj			tt.mm.jj
Hausarbeit	tt.mm.jj			tt.mm.jj
Andere	14.08.20 letzte Arbeit		X	tt.mm.jj

* Prüfungsamt Termine

Bewertung

Voraussetzung für die Vergabe von ECTS-Punkten ist das Bestehen der Prüfungsleistung für das Gesamtmodul. Die Prüfungsleistung für diese Kurseinheit geht zur Hälfte in die Prüfungsleistung für das Gesamtmodul ein.