USESEB006 Theory of Organization and Management in Public Administration

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides the contemporary knowledge of organization from the sociological point of view and the contemporary knowledge of management of organization of public administration. The aim of the course is to make the students familiar with the nature of organization of the public administration as a social construction, its functioning and management. The greatest attention is paid to the nature of organization as a social construction and the individual managerial functions. After passing the course, the student is familiar with the issue of organization of public administration and its management, and understands the importance of human resources management in an organization.
Syllabus
  • 1. Organization as a social construction (acting participant at time, space, social interaction at space-time, social construction of reality, organization as a social construction).
    2. Organization as a tool and structure (organization features, instrumentality, formality, organizational structure, participant and targets of organization, participant and organizational structure, participant and power in organization, communication in organization).
    3. Organization as a participant (diversity of organizations, internal and external settings, total organizations).
    4. Bureaucracy and formal organization (Weber, Merton, Crozier, Dahrendorf, Mayo, features of bureaucratic organization).
    5. Post-bureaucracy (alternatives to bureaucracy, Heckscher´s concept of post-bureaucracy, transformation of bureaucracy to electronic form, management of transformation).
    6. Organizational culture (theoretical determination of culture and organizational culture, Schein´s model of organizational culture, parameters and sources of organizational culture, subcultures in organization, types of organizational culture, organizational culture and efficiency of organization, diagnostics of organizational culture, model of change of organizational culture).
    7. Decision-making in organizations (classification of decision-making, stages of decision-making process, conditions of decision-making concept, decision-making process, decision-making methods).
    8. Planning in organization (strategic management and planning as a formal procedure, importance and definition of planning, types of plans, situational factors of planning, determination of aims, planning methods, planning process).
    9. Organizing (organizing and the term´s meanings, organizational structure and scheme, principles of organizational design, current concepts of organizational design, main types of organizational structures, organizing as an activity - design of workplaces and model of characteristics of working activity).
    10. Human resources management in organization (theory of management and styles of management of employees, manager and leader, competences of manager, power- authority - respect).
    11. Work motivation management (theory of work motivation, motivation and stimulation - importance, process, methods of work motivation management, stimulation means.)
    12. Controlling and audit (determination and importance of control and audit, control and audit process, types and focus of control and audit, quality of control system, situational factors in forming a control system).
Literature
    required literature
  • PIŠKANIN, A. a kol. Manažment. Bratislava: UK, 2010. ISBN 978-80-89037-26-1. info
  • NOVOTNÁ, E. Sociologie organizace. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2428-7. info
  • MIKULÁŠTÍK, M. Manažerská psychologie. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1349-6. info
  • KRAVČÁKOVÁ, G. Manažment pracovnej motivácie. Bratislava: IRIS, 2007. ISBN 80-89018-66-1. info
  • KELLER, J. Sociologie byrokracie a organizace. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007. ISBN 80-86429-74-1. info
  • PAUKNEROVÁ, D. a kol. Psychologie pro ekonomy a manažery. Praha: Grada, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1706-9. info
  • NOVÝ, I., SURYNEK, A., KOL. Sociologie pro ekonomy a manažery. Praha: GRADA Publishing, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1705-0. info
    recommended literature
  • HARAUSOVÁ, H. Komunikácia v organizácii. Košice: UPJŠ v Košiciach, 2013. ISBN 978-80-8152-019-8. info
  • MATTEHEWMAN, L., ROSE, A. a HETHERINGTON, A. Work Psychology. New York: Oxford University, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-922751-8. info
  • DONNELLY, J., GIBSON, J., IVANCEVICH, J. Management. Praha: Grada, 1997. ISBN 80-7169-422-3. info
  • WEIHRICH, H. a KOONTZ, H. Management. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1993. ISBN 80-85605-45-7. info
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019.
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