Universität Wien

040705 PR KFK PÖ: Praktikum: Workshop People and Organisations (2009W)

Image; Culture; Sructure; Performance

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 23.11. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 8
  • Dienstag 24.11. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 12
  • Mittwoch 25.11. 13:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 3
  • Donnerstag 26.11. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 11
  • Montag 30.11. 12:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 8
  • Dienstag 01.12. 12:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 4
  • Mittwoch 02.12. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 12
  • Donnerstag 03.12. 14:00 - 17:00 Hörsaal 11

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Organisations (business- as well as others) develop their specific characteristics which are perceived by their stakeholders both externally and internally. Organisational culture, structure and performance are key to organisations¿ success or otherwise in achieving their goals. Organisations are shaped by people in their respective roles and this workshop aims at enhancing an understanding of the processes involved.
Classes will be held in English; topics will be presented, discussed and reviewed with reference to specific issues, current examples, highlighting relevant courses of action.

1. Introducing terminology and concepts
Company Brand, Employer Brand, Stakeholders; Culture ¿ values, ethics, behaviour; Structure and Process; Performance ¿ motivation, icentive, reward, potential, development.

2. Culture
Determinants of ethnic/national cultures; group cultures; organisational and corporate culture; concepts of defining organisational culture; organisational culture and competitiveness; developments in organisational culture.

3. Structure
Structure and strategy; organisational structures and processes; operational, legal and fiscal aspects of structure; control, feedback and communication. Organisation design ¿ resources, tasks, responsibility, authority; organisation structure and business success.

4. Performance
Motivation at work ¿ definitions, theories and hypotheses. Performance and potential assessment.

5. Reward and Incentive
Management Pay between promise and false trails

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Based on participation in discussions and review of issues as well as written tests to be completed at various stages during the workshop. Attendance of all sessions is essential.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Background reading

Geert Hofstede, Cultures and Organisations, Software of the Mind, London, 1991
Geert and Gert Jan Hostede, Cultures and Organisations, Intercultural Cooperation and its Importance for Survival, McGraw Hill, 2005
Fons Trompenaars, Riding the Waves of Culture, London 1993
Wendy Hall, Managing Cultures, Making Strategic Alliances Work, Chichester, 1995
Herwig W. Kressler, Leistungsbeurteilung und Anreizsysteme, Ueberreuter Wirtschaft, Frankfurt/Wien, 2001
Herwig W. Kressler, Motivate and Reward, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke/New York, 2003
(the latter two titles are the German original and the English version respectively)
Alfie Kohn, Punished by Rewards, Boston, New York, 1993
Harold G. Leavitt, Top Down, Harvard Business School Press, 2005

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:29