Elective Module Social Management: Challenges in Organizational Development

Department

Master's Program Social Work, Social Policy & Management

Course unit code

SOA-M-3-SOM-WMD-ILV

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5.0

Name of lecturer(s)

Mag. Rosendorfer Karin, MIM

Recommended optional program components

none

Recommended or required reading

Dreas, S. A. (2019). Diversity Management in Organisationen der Sozialwirt-schaft. Eine Einführung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Gloger, B., & Margetich, J. (2018). Das Scrum-Prinzip. Agile Organisationen aufbauen und gestalten (2. Aufl.). Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel.

Grunwald, K., & Langer, A. (Hrsg.) (2018). Sozialwirtschaft. Handbuch für Wis-senschaft und Praxis. Baden-Baden: Nomos.

Roehl, H., & Asselmeyer, H. (Hrsg.) (2017). Organisationen klug gestalten. Das Handbuch für Organisationsentwicklung und Change Management. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel.

Level of course unit

Master

Year of study

Fall 2025

Semester when the course unit is delivered

3

Language of instruction

English

Course contents

New organizational forms and understandings
• Hybrid organizations
• Agility in social organizations
• Innovation management in social organizations
• Digitalization in social organizations
• Diversity management in social organizations

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.

Work placement(s)

none