Masterstudium Business Informatics - Fakultät für Informatik, TU Wien

• Ability to evaluate and design organizations (its structures and processes) from
dierent perspectives
• Ability to critically discuss and evaluate alternative or conicting theories and
concepts
• Advanced management skills
Competences:
• Teamwork and conict management competences
Syllabus:
• Managing people and organizations: This course deals with problems concerning
the selection and management of various dimensions and components of organizational
structure and culture. An appropriate organizational design allows organizations
to continually adapt to a changing global environment and to balance
internal needs and external pressures to survive in the long run. A key element
is therefore to understand how organizations can be designed and managed for
a better performance. The aim is to demonstrate the interconnectedness between
structure and performance. Accordingly, it is important to bring an awareness of
the intended as well as unintended consequences of organizational design and leadership
decisions. The concepts involved focus on organizational strategy, design,
culture, and change, as well as leadership and performance. Using Case-Study
Method (Harvard) and actual cases from practice, students learn how to resolve
problems related to organizational design and change. Students work individually
and in teams, prepare case studies, and present problem solutions during class.
• Organization theory: The course oers a series of dierent theoretical lenses useful
for explaining organizations from multiple perspectives to help students to increase
their ability to understand complex organized behavior. We approach the dierent
perspectives on organizations through reading and discussing seminal contributions
in the eld of organization theory. By analyzing and comparing underlying
assumptions and theoretical positions of texts of economic theories, modern organization
theories, organization theories of the interpretive and social constructionist
paradigm as well as postmodern perspectives we develop a deeper understanding of
dierent schools of thought. Students read the texts prior to lectures, write papers
to selected texts, and share their thoughts with colleagues in class discussions.
Expected Prerequisites: Basic knowledge in the management of socio-economic systems
as well as tools and instrument necessary of human resource management.
Those topics are taught in the module BAE/MGT - Management.
Teaching and Learning Methods and Adequate Assessment of Performance: The module
is organized along lectures, reading assignments in self organized acquisition of new
knowledge, interactive sections through case studies, teamwork, and take-home exercises.
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