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2020/2021  BA-BHAAI1041U  Organisational Behaviour and Organisational Analysis

English Title
Organisational Behaviour and Organisational Analysis

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Bachelor
Duration Summer
Start time of the course Summer
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Max. participants 120
Study board
Study Board for BSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Kinga Konczey - Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC)
For academic questions related to the course, please contact instructor Kinga Konczey at kko.msc@cbs.dk
Main academic disciplines
  • Management
  • Organisation
  • Organisational behaviour
Teaching methods
  • Online teaching
Last updated on 27/04/2021

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Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors:
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the major organisational behaviour theories and models as they apply to various business settings, and be able to apply these theories to the analysis of problems.
  • Recognise, identify and analyse complex organisational problems that are caused by the organisational structures, strategies, functions, operations, people management, or organisational processes.
  • Demonstrate mastery of the different organisational models by using them in gathering data and analysing organisations comprehensively and making recommendations in existing organisations.
  • Demonstrate an appreciation of the notion of contingency as it applies to the interrelatedness of organisational processes, such as group formation, decision making, conflict, power and leadership.
  • Recognise the need for continuous change within organisations, and adaptation to the environment.
Course prerequisites
No prerequisites
Examination
Organisational Behaviour and Organisational Analysis:
Exam ECTS 7.5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Please see text below
4 hour home assignment. No requirement for maximum number of pages.
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Summer, Ordinary exam: 4 hour home assignment in the period of 26 – 30 July 2021
Retake exam: 4 hour home assignment in the period of 20 September – 24 September 2021
3rd attempt (2nd retake) exam: 72-hour home assignment- 22-25 November 2021 – for all ISUP courses simultaneously

Exam schedules available on https:/​/​www.cbs.dk/​uddannelse/​international-summer-university-programme-isup/​courses-and-exams
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Retake exam: 4 hour home assignment, new exam question
Exam form for 3rd attempt (2nd retake): 72-hour home project assignment, max. 10 pages.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach
Organisations are everywhere in different forms, size, internal structure, tasks, and goals. This course will expose students to important theories and conceptual models for analysing and understanding organisations with the aim of designing effective structures and cultures that allow them to create value, survive, develop and thrive. The course will articulate that employees do not always act in a rational and consistent manner. Our ability - whether as a new employee, a middle manager, or a top level executive - to understand, explain, and predict human behaviour in organisations is a valuable skill. We will study a wide range of organisational situations and examples, and connect them to organisational theories and effective management methods.
 
We will bridge theory and practice through organisational analysis by exploring a series of successful and unsuccessful examples. Students will learn to apply different theoretical perspectives in our attempt to provide situational analysis and plausible solutions.  No single model of an effective organisation will be advocated - no "right answer" that can be applied universally; rather, we will explore the factors and conditions within and outside an organisation that can be controlled to provide the best fit with the dynamic environment and thereby create the greatest opportunity for success.  The imperative for organisational learning, continuous adaptation, and change based on new developments will be emphasized.
 
 
Preliminary assignment: Organisational metaphors
Class 1: Organisational theories
Class 2: Managing  individual and cultural diversity in organisations
Class 3: Workplace attitudes, Job satisfaction
Class 4: Motivation
Class 5: Group processes: conflict, decision making
Class 6: Organisational processes: leadership and power
Class 7: Organisational analysis
 
Feedback activity: Organisational analysis presentation (live or online upload, depending on class size)
 
Class 8: Organisational Culture, Structure and Design
Class 9: The organisation and its environment: Resource:
resource dependency, Organisational ecologies
Class 10: Organisational change, Knowledge management/ Talent
management, Learning organisation
Class 11: Comprehensive summary, exam preparation

 

 

 
Description of the teaching methods
This year all courses are taught digitally over the Internet. Instructors will apply direct/live teaching through a link (like Skype, Team, Zoom). In some courses, pre-recorded material will also be used.
Feedback during the teaching period
Group based organisational analysis.
Project groups (of 4-5 students) will choose a concrete organisation to analyse. Class 6 will be a workshop class where groups will prepare their organisational analysis, design and prepare a max 8 minutes presentation
Further information on Canvas.
Student workload
Preliminary assignment 20 hours
Classroom attendance 33 hours
Preparation 126 hours
Feedback activity 7 hours
Examination 20 hours
Further Information

Preliminary Assignment: To help students get maximum value from ISUP courses, instructors provide a reading or a small number of readings or video clips to be read or viewed before the start of classes with a related task scheduled for class 1 in order to 'jump-start' the learning process.

 

Course timetable is available on https://www.cbs.dk/uddannelse/international-summer-university-programme-isup/courses-and-exams

 

We reserve the right to cancel the course if we do not get enough applications. This will be communicated on https://www.cbs.dk/uddannelse/international-summer-university-programme-isup/courses-and-exams in March 2021.

 
Expected literature

Mandatory readings:

 

Robbins, Stephen P. Essentials of Organizational Behavior (Global edition) 14th ed.  Prentice Hall
 
Further readings: 
• Anand, N., Daft, R. L. (2007). What is the Right Organization Design? Organizational Dynamics. Volume 36, Issue 4, pp. 329–344
• Ben-Ner, Avner (2013). Preferences and organization structure: Toward behavioral economics micro-foundations of organizational analysis. The Journal of Socio-Economics, Volume 46, pp. 87-96
• Buelens, Marc; Van den Broeck, Herman (2007), An Analysis of Differences in Work Motivation between Public and Private Sector Organizations Public Administration Review. Vol. 67, 1, pp. 65-74.
• Campbell, D. A. (2009),  Giving up the Single Life: Leadership Motivations for Interorganizational Restructuring in Nonprofit Organizations.Administration in Social Work,  Vol. 33, Issue 4, pp. 368-386.
• Chowdhury, Subir (2002). Toward the Future of Organisations, Chapter 1 in Organization 21C: Someday All Organizations Will Lead This Way. Prentice Hall.  (16 p.)
• Davidson, Martin N. (2012) The end of diversity: How leaders make differences really matter. Leader to Leader. Vol. 2012 Issue 64, pp. 51-56.
• Davidson, Martin N. (2012), The end of Diversity as We Know It.  Diversity Employers. 2012 Annual Edition, pp. 33-35.
• Garvin, David A.,  Edmondson, Amy C., and Gino, Francesca (2008).  Is yours a Learning Organization?Harvard Business Review, March 2008 (8p.)
• Gareth Morgan (2006), Images of Organization. Sage Publication. Part III. Implications for Practice (including Biographic Notes). pp. 337-421.
• Gratton, L. (2011).  Workplace 2025—What will it look like?
 
• Case studies, inventories and tests will be made available during the course
• Further reading may be recommended or uploaded on the course website.

 

Additional relevant readings:

 

Brooks, Ian: Organisational Behaviour. Prentice Hall, 5th ed, 2018 (340 p.)
Sinding & Walstrom. Organisational Behaviour.  ISBN: 9780077154615   McGraw-Hill Education, 2014

 

 
Last updated on 27/04/2021