Course code

RIJ6001.YK

old course code

RIJ6001

Course title in Estonian

Organisatsioon ja juhtimine

Course title in English

Organisation and Management

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring 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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