Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Vicenza)

Organization Studies

Course code

4S00082

Name of lecturer

Serena Cubico

Coordinator

Serena Cubico

Number of ECTS credits allocated

6

Academic sector

SECS-P/10 - ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VICENZA

Period

secondo semestre (lauree) dal Feb 15, 2021 al Jun 1, 2021.

Lesson timetable

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Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students the knowledge about the basic elements and fundamental concepts for understanding how the organizations work.
To this end, the course offers the conceptual and operational tools to read and design the organizational structures and the organization of work. It also proposes to develop the skills to understand the different phenomena typical of the organizational culture.
At the end of the lessons, the student are able to understand the basic concepts of business organization, to know the main categories of organizations as well as to understand and recognize the variables for the development of a company. In addition, the student will be able to recognize the opportunities arising from new technologies and the socio-economic environment that facilitate the development of new business models

Syllabus

Organization Theories and Models; Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth; Organizational Behaviour; Strain, Industrial Monotony, Efficiency and Productivity; Mayo’s Human Relations Movement; Human Resources (Herzberg, Mc Gregor); Socio-Technical Systems; Bounded Rationality (Simon) and Organizational Decision Making; Organizational Design; Environment; Human Resources Management; Entrepreneurship.

Books:
- Favretto, G. (2010). Organizzazione del lavoro per lo sviluppo delle risorse umane. Verona: QuiEdit (capp.1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13).
- Daft R.L. (2013). Organizzazione Aziendale (Quinta Edizione). Milano: Apogeo (capp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7)

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