- Docente: Raffaele Corrado
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/08
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Economics and management (cod. 9203)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and management (cod. 9203)
Learning outcomes
This course discusses management in the context of an understanding of organizations based on decisions. Based on how people make decisions, the course discusses both the internal working of firms and their relations with their environments, as a function of the management of power and dependence relations. At the end of the course the student: - Knows how management activities may affect the quality of organizational decision-making - Is familiar with the political aspect of organizational decision-making processes - Has a basic knowledge of how the requirements of organizational decision-making processes should drive the design of organizations
Course contents
- Organization and decision making
- Rationality and the psychology of decisions
- Uncertainty, power and dependence
- Organizational structure and human decision making
- Politics in organizations and organizational goals
Readings/Bibliography
- H.A. Simon, Administrative Behavior (4th Edition). The Free Press (1997) ISBN: 978-0684835822
- J.D. Thompson, Organizations in Action: Social Science Bases of Administrative Theory. McGraw-Hill (1967), Transaction Publishers (2003) ISBN: 978-0765809919
Teaching methods
Lecture
Discussion in class of readings and other audio/video materials, to be provided during the course
Assessment methods
Written exam: three open-ended questions, length 45'
Optional oral exam as integration of the written one
Grading:
- < 18. Fail. Considerable further work is required for an even basic understanding of the content of the course.
- 18-22. Sufficient. Understanding of the content of the course meets the minimum criteria; some mnemonic retention, little real understanding of the course topics.
- 23-24. Satisfactory. Some understanding of the course topics, with significant shortcomings.
- 25-27. Good. Good understanding of the course topics, with some errors.
- 28-30. Very good. Full understanding of the course content, possibly minor errors.
- 30 Lode. Perfect. Perfect understanding of the course content.
Teaching tools
The slides used in class, the readings to be discussed, and other related materials will be made available in the website of the course (on the Virtuale web platform of UniBo)
Office hours
See the website of Raffaele Corrado