Duration
30h Th, 15h SEM
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course will give some tools in the observation and understanding of organisations, their functioning in all its complexity, their internal structures and their environment, as well as the interactions between actors and their power games (cooperation and tensions).
The first part will address the historic approach of organization studies.
The second part of the course will give an overview over the typology of organisations proposed by Mintzberg and contextualism.
The third part will look in more depth the strategic analysis of organizations by Crozier and Friedberg's work on local orders.
The fourth part of the course will delve into the approch of translation developped by Callon and Latour.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
fundamental concepts of analytical frameworks
application to case studies
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
none
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Discussion of case studies prepared by text readings, summaries presented by teacher, exercicses.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
In view of the present sitution of the CoVid, this class will be given partly at a distance via various tools and partly in presence in groups.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
all texts posted on myulg
Obligatory reading:
1; KUTY, O. & DUBOIS, C., De la valeur à la norme, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2019 (pp. 115 - 200)
Optional reading;
NIZET J., PICHAULT F., Introduction à la théorie des configurations, De Boeck, 2001
LATOUR, B. , Enquête sur les modes d'existence : Une anthropologie des modernes, Paris, La Découverte, 2012, 504 p.
CZARNIAWSKA, B. « A Theory of Organizing », Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
first session: writen multiple choice exam:
- knowledge pf concepts
- capacity to apply theory to case studies
Second session: oral exam from distance, 20 minutes, three questiuons, theoretical and practical knowledge and analysis (case study).
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
FJ.Shaik@uliege.be