Theories of Organizations in Management

Enseignants

Coeurderoy Régis;

Langue
d'enseignement

Anglais

Préalables

None

Thèmes abordés

Students will be asked to read a handful of papers that provide a comprehensive perspective on an important research topic. They will prepare a written and oral presentation and in-depth analysis of one of these papers to be presented during the session in order to start the discussion. Class participation is thus essential; all participants debate on the content, ask questions and discuss the issues raised during the different sessions.
Each student will produce a term paper in which he/she proposes a summary of a paper of his/her choice, criticizes it (theoretical framework, methodology, results, contributions) and propose a research plan for a follow-up study.
So, student performance will be assessed on the basis of

• Attendance to the seminars and reading groups;
• Writing of summaries for the activities;
• Preparation of oral communications and/or written reports related to the topics presented during the activities.

The type and number of activities will be determined in agreement with the coordinator at the beginning of each year.

Acquis
d'apprentissage

A la fin de cette unité d’enseignement, l’étudiant est capable de :
1	On successful completion of this program, each student will acquire the following skills : Develop Communicate At the end of this course, the student will be able to : Undertand the different perspectives on organizations and to mobilize concepts in a sound rationale on managerial issues.

La contribution de cette UE au développement et à la maîtrise des compétences et acquis du (des) programme(s) est accessible à la fin de cette fiche, dans la partie « Programmes/formations proposant cette unité d’enseignement (UE) ».

Contenu

1.  Introduction to the theories of the firm
2. Firms, markets and other organizations: theoretical foundations for a puzzle
3. Behavioural assumptions: rationality and motivation
4. Theoretical foundations 1: the coordination issue
5. Theoretical foundations 2: the competence issue
6. Theoretical foundations 3: the institutional issue
7. Theoretical foundations 4: the network issue

Méthodes d'enseignement

Continuous evaluation

• Date: During 6 weeks
• Type of evaluation: Presentations by paired student of texts on one of the themes of the course
• Comments: No

Evaluation week

• Oral: 4 students/hour
• Written: No
• Unavailability or comments: No

Examination session

• Oral: No
• Written: No
• Unavailability or comments: No

Modes d'évaluation
des acquis des étudiants

Assessment is two part :

1. Critical analysis of theoretical papers (team work) 50%
2. Individual exam 50%

Autres infos

La commission d'enseignements de la LSM ajoute des informations complémentaires, i.e.

• si l'activité est accessible à un public ne maîtrisant pas la langue d'enseignement
• les équivalences reconnues avec d'autres activités offertes dans des programmes UCL 2...

Ressources
en ligne

Moodle

Bibliographie

• Readings on moodle
• Douma S. and Schreuder H. (2013) Economic Approaches to Organizations, 5th Edition, Pearson.

Faculté ou entité
en charge

CLSM