Universität Wien

040220 SE Seminar Organization and Personnel (MA) (2023S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Summary

1 Greene , Moodle
2 Gillenkirch , Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
Registration information is available for each group.

Groups

Group 1

service email address: opim.bda@univie.ac.at

max. 24 participants
Language: English
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Please be aware: We STRONGLY recommend completing the courses Management I - Organization and Personnel, as well as Organization Theory I before signing up for this seminar.

Wednesday 08.03. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 15.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Monday 20.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 22.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Monday 27.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 29.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Monday 24.04. 11:30 - 18:15 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Wednesday 26.04. 11:30 - 18:15 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß

Aims, contents and method of the course

This group's focus this semester will be on Entrepreneurship. A core learning objective is to help improve your understanding of the evidence base on entrepreneurship. This is important because small firms make up nearly all of the businesses in the world, contribute to bringing forward innovations and are a major source of employment globally. Another objective is to give you insights into the core areas of entrepreneurship research: the entrepreneur, start ups, scale ups, entrepreneurial finance, exit and public policy.

It provides you with a fundamental understanding of six subjects in entrepreneurship:
1. What is entrepreneurship and what does opportunity recognition and discovery play in entrepreneurship?
2. How should an entrepreneur go about planning a start up?
3. Does prior entrepreneurial experience and motivations guide future performance?
4. What is a scaling business? Is fast growth just about being lucky?
5. What is the entrepreneurial finance ladder and how does finance impact on entrepreneurial growth?
6. Does entrepreneurship policy actually work?

For each of these six topics, there is a preparatory 90 minute lecture where the topic is introduced and critically examined. You are then expected to come together in pairs and chose one of these six topics. You are assessed in two ways: 1) in pairs, an oral presentation of no more than 25 minutes (with 15 minutes for questions; and 2) an individual essay of ~2000 words. The deadline time and date for the presentations are: 24.04.2023. The individual essay is due on: 30.06.2023. For both the joint presentation and your individual essay, you will be expected to analyse and critically evaluate one of the six topics.

The course is taught entirely in English by Professor Francis Greene, the Chair of Entrepreneurship at the University of Edinburgh Business School, the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The core text is his textbook (Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice). Complementing this source material will be a range of academic articles to support your presentation and individual essay.

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral presentation (in group) (45%)
Individual essay (45%)
In-class participation (10%)

All papers submitted will be checked for plagiarism and the rules published on our homepage will be strictly enforced.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance, oral presentation, individual essay.

Successful completion of the course requires 50%:

• Grade 4: > 50%
• Grade 3: > 63%
• Grade 2: > 75%
• Grade 1: > 87,5%

Examination topics

Oral presentation
Individual essay

Reading list

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice - Francis Greene
supplemented by academic papers you will receive in the course
https://usearch.univie.ac.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=UWI_alma21567861800003332&context=L&vid=UWI&search_scope=UWI_UBBestand&tab=default_tab&lang=de_DE

Group 2

service email address: opim.bda@univie.ac.at

max. 24 participants
Language: English
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 01.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Digital (Kickoff Class)
Wednesday 31.05. 09:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
Thursday 01.06. 09:00 - 16:45 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Friday 02.06. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock

Aims, contents and method of the course

The student will achieve knowledge on the performance evaluations and financial incentives play in various business contexts with a focus on behavioral (or, psychological) issues. She/he will read scientific literature on the subject assigned to her/him and write a paper on the topic. During seminar sessions, the student will present her/his paper and participate in discussions about the findings of her/his and other participant’s papers.
Contents: Behavioral aspects of financial incentive design (four topics), subjectivity and discretion in financial incentives (three topics), biases in subjective performance evaluations (five topics)
Method: Scientific writing of papers, presentations, interactive group discussions

Assessment and permitted materials

Seminar paper 60%; Presentation and classroom participation 40%
The course grading is based on the seminar thesis, its presentation in the seminar sessions, and active participation in discussions.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular attendance necessary
Successful participation requires students to complete a paper of acceptable quality on the topic assigned to her/him, to make an acceptable presentation of the own topic in class, and to actively participate in the seminar during all sessions.
Assessment scale: Excellent (sehr gut, 1), good (gut, 2), satisfactory (befriedigend, 3), sufficient (ausreichend, 4), insufficient (ungenügend, 5).

Examination topics

See assessment above.

Reading list

General reading: Bonner, S. E. and G.B. Sprinkle (2002). The effects of monetary incentives on effort and task performance: theories, evidence, and a framework for research. Accounting, Organizations and Society 27(4): 303-345. - Prendergast, C., & Topel, R. (1993). Discretion and bias in performance evaluation. European Economic Review, 37(2-3), 355-365. Topic-specific suggested additional readings can be found in the course syllabus.

Association in the course directory

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