Organisation and Management
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Course code
RIJ6008.YK
old course code
RIJ6008
Course title in Estonian
Organisatsioon ja juhtimine
Course title in English
Organisation and Management
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The objective of the course is to provide an overview of organizational and managerial studies in order to enable the students to comprehend the terminology, aspects of the field, and methods, as well as to work independently with respective literature.
Brief description of the course
The history of management. Organizational environment. Planning. Organizing. Organizational structure. Configurations: machine bureaucracy, professional bureaucracy, division structure, adhocracy. Types of managers, decision process and organizational pathologies. Motivating and leadership. Organizational culture and types of culture. Power and politics in organizations.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
The student comprehends the terminology of organizations and management;
Ability to read respective literature in Estonian and English;
Ability to solve easier exercises and case studies independently.
Teacher
Birgit Vallmüür
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