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Business Elective (B&M-B-5-EEM-EEM-IEL)
Department
- Bachelor's program Management & Law
Course unit code
- B&M-B-5-EEM-EEM-IEL
Level of course unit
- Bachelor
Year of study
- Spring 2024
Semester when the course unit is delivered
- 5
Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5.0
Name of lecturer(s)
- Mag. (FH) Dr. Anslinger Tobias
Learning outcomes of the course unit
- Students reach the following learning goals:
• Understand and discuss current HR challenges in a globalized and knowledge-driven world
• Evaluate the role of HR management as change agent
• Understand the main perspectives of organization theory
• Know the decisive external and internal factors for organizational development
• Understand different approaches to planned versus continuous change
• Discuss the barriers of organizational development
• Understand the basic elements of organizational culture
Recommended optional program components
- none
Recommended or required reading
- Cummings, T.G., & Worley, C.G. (2018). Organization Development and Change (11th ed.). Mason: Southwestern Learning.
Gallos, J.V. (Ed.) (2006). Organization Development - A Jossey-Bass Reader. San Francisco: Wiley.
Hatch, M.J. (2011). Organizations - A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.
Hatch, M.J., & Cunliffe, A.L. (2018). Organization Theory. Modern, Symbolic, and Postmodern Perspectives (4th ed.). Oxford: University Press.
Wilcox, M., & Jenkins, M. (2015). Engaging Change - A People-Centred Approach to Business Transformation. London: Kogan Page.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.
Language of instruction
- English
Work placement(s)
- none