SOCI0060-1 : Sociology of organized action

SOCI0060-1

Sociology of organized action

Duration :

45h Th

Number of credits :

Master in political sciences : general (120 ECTS)		5
Master in political sciences : general (120 ECTS)		5
Master in political sciences : general (120 ECTS)		5
Master in political sciences : general (120 ECTS)		5
Master in human resources management (120 ECTS)		5
Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS)		6
Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS)		6
Master in sociology (120 ECTS)		6
Master in labour sciences (120 ECTS)		6
Master in sociology and anthropology (60 ECTS)		6
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		6
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		6
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		6
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		6
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		6

Lecturer :

Frédéric Schoenaers, Sophie Thunus

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Analysis of the key-concepts (strategy, rules, regulation.) in sociology of organisations and in organised action.

Learning outcomes of the course :

Understanding the strategic analysis of Michel CROZIER and Erhard FRIEDBERG trough different fields of application. This course introduces the students to the method of oranisational analysis. This method is one of the most important experiences of the sociology of these last 50 years: all the fields of analysis, political, economic, cultural or social, may recover from this type of analysis. And more particularly, it is the foundation of new paradigms of public policies, the organized action and the public action.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

néant

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Organizational diagnosis'exercise (to be confirmed)

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

1. Ex-cathedra lectures. 2. Seminar on sociological works based on preliminary readings of articles, introduced by the students