Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Matthias Weiß
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Orga-Einheit: Corporate Management & Economics
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Organisation
Semesterwochenstunden: 3
Credits: 6,0 Hinweis: In Ihrer Prüfungsordnung können abweichende Credits festgelegt sein.
Standort: Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 10 | 35
Prioritätsschema: Standard-Priorisierung
Inhalte: People clearly are an organization's most critical resource. Their knowledge and skills along with their commitment, creativity, and effort are the basis for competitive advantage. It is people that have creative ideas for new products or for process improvements, that devise marketing strategy, or take technologies to the next level. Therefore, this seminar focuses on how to coordinate, manage, and lead people in organizations to achieve the desired outcomes. The seminar builds on key theories and concepts in organizational research along with a critical reflection of these theories and concepts and their underlying assumptions. In so doing, a particular focus will be on specific elements and types of organizations and current trends and developments in this regard. The seminar aims to provide an understanding of organization theories and concepts to derive evidence-based recommendations for addressing problems and challenges in organizational practice. Specific topics covered in this seminar, as listed below, will be taught in class and applied to practice-based case studies: - Teams and teamwork - Leadership - Organizational culture - Change management - Ethics and sustainability - Diversity in organizations - Artificial intelligence use in organizations - Digital transformation of organizations
Lernziele: Students · are able to understand and apply key organization theories and concepts to develop solutions to problems and challenges in organizations; · are able to critically reflect, evaluate, and adapt organizational processes; · are able to evaluate the need for organizational change and to plan and implement change activities; · are able to apply taught concepts in different organizational contexts and scenarios.
Weitere Informationen zu den Prüfungsleistungen: Examination: Final exam (70%) and team term paper (30%)
Literatur: Will be provided throughout the course.
