University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
GEST3001-1  People management and organisation

Duration :  24h Th, 24h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master in Aerospace Engineering, Professional Focus (Management), 2nd year4
Master in Architecture and Engineering, specialized approach, 2nd year4
Master in Chemical and Material Sciences, specialized approach, 2nd year4
Master in Civil Engineering, professional focus in management , 2nd year4
Master in Electrical Engineering, specialized approach, 2nd year4
Master in Electro-mechanical Engineering, Professional Focus (Management), 2nd year4
Master of science in computer science and engineering, professional focus in management, 2nd year4
Master in Computer Science, Professional Focus (Management), 2nd year4
Master in Mechanical Engineering, specialized approach, 2nd year4
Master in Geological and Mining Engineering, specialized approach, 2nd year4
Master in Engineering Physics, specialized approach, 2nd year4
Master in Agricultural Bioengineering, Professional Focus, 2nd year4
Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries, Professional Focus, 2nd year4
Master in Environmental Bioengineering, Professional Focus, 2nd year4
Master in Forests and natural Areas Engineering, Professional Focus, 2nd year4
Master in Mathematical Sciences, professional focus in management, 2nd year4
Lecturer :  Jocelyne Robert
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
This course aims at giving students analysis tools for a better comprehension of how an organization runs and sometimes runs across problems ...
It will help students better integrate in an organization and make them more efficient.
The presentation of concepts of rationality, culture, socialisation, power, bureaucraty, strategy, system allows the analysis of different situations.
The analysis of the organisations presents key structural variables: work division and coordination , "inter-unit liaison mechanisms", "authority systems and formal communication flows", "power systems and informal communication flows", " kind of environment", etc. to define configurations..
The new theories of organizations are presented too.
The course allows to learn to communicate, to negociate
Contenus: To understand and et to apply à different theories: elements of the organisation - Classical approach - Rationality-irrationality - Formal - informal - Organisation and bureaucraty - Organisation and culture - Organisation and système - Organisation and strategy - Identity and work - The contingency-The configurations - Other theories- Organisation and changes
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Objectives:The objectives of the course are: - To Understand the concepts to analyse the organizations - To Compare, to analyse different theories - To apply different concepts and different theories at the situations of the enterprise - To apply steps of research: questions, hypothesis, context, research of informations - To be situated in organizational and institutional context and purpose solutions for the different situations-To compare his opinions and the opinion of the others-To explain critical aspects ans critical judgment. - To work in small groups - To be able to communicate, to be able to negociate
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Planned learning activities and learning events are face to face presentations, interactyives methods, participative and production methods:
Research of informations in writing suport to acquire knowledge and to explore
Presentation face to face to explain writing suport
Examples,case studies to present knowledge and to understand and analyze
Analysis of the study case
Exercises in small groups (3 students) to anlyze cases
Debates about some concepts (limited rationality, informel aspects, culture) with meta reflexive approach critical aspects
Analyse of one organization, interview ), working paper or other for problem solving, team working, production auto-analysis the maner of organize the work in the group.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Presentations of concepts and theories in small class
Exemples, case studies, conferences in small groups
Distance follow up for the work of research of informations in the compagny
Recommended or required readings :  
Power point on lola hec ulg ac be
To know more:
J.Robert, Organisations et changements en entreprise., Editions de l'Université de Liège, 2007.
Stephen Robbins ans Mary Coulter, Management, 8° ed., International Edition, Pearson, 2005.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Continue evaluuation
Working report (interview in compagny, analyse and comparaison with the course) two parts: Ggoup report and individual report(70%)

Oral presentation (group)(10%)
Auto-evaluation report about individual learning (knowledge, knowhow, being) and of the organization of the group (20%)
Assessment criteria
- To know concepts and theory
- To analyse a case
- Research information
- Analyse informations
- Group working and writing report
- To be able to communicate, to negociate
Individual and group evaluation
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
see website lola hec.ulg.ac.be
Contacts :  
Jocelyne.robert@ulg.ac.be

Items online :  
people management et organisation
Les transparents sont sur le site d'HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'Université de Liège



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