Thursday 1 September 2016

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST POLI 357: ORGANIZATION THEORY


UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
FIRST SEMESTER, 2016/2017

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST
LECTURER: DR. EVANS AGGREY-DARKOH

COURSE OUTLINE AND READINGS
COURSE TITLE
ORGANISATION THEORY
COURSE CODE
POLI 357
CREDITS
3
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
Organizations have been an integral feature of human civilization for thousands of years. Organization theory is an evidence-based, sociological approach to organizations that allows managers to analyze and design organizations more effectively. Organization theory also allows us to understand the social forces that affect our own careers in a more accurate and nuanced way. This course emphasizes the practical applications of organization theory in topics that are essential to organizational success, including organizational structure and culture, organizational environment, change management, and power and influence. Throughout the course, we will also consider the lessons and implications that organization theory offers for individuals’ careers. In fine, this course is about ideas and practices that can make or break organizations and careers.

Thus this course is relevant to students considering careers in a wide range of fields, including (but not limited to) Corporate Management, Strategy and Management Consulting, Human Resource, Entrepreneurship, Finance and Law.


WEEK NO.
DATE
LECTURE TOPIC
TUTORIALS
VENUE
ASSESSMENT
1
25/8/2016
General Overview
JQB 9
2
01/09/2016
Understanding Organization Theory
JQB 9
3
08/09/2016
Theories of Organization
JQB 9
4
15/09/2016
Theories of Organization
JQB 9
5
22/09/2016
Formal Organizational Structure
JQB 9
6
29/09/2016
Informal Organizational Structure
JQB 9
7
06/10/2016
Organizational Culture and Diversity
JQB 9
Interim Assessment (30%)
8
13/10/2016
Organizational Culture and Diversity
JQB 9

9
20/10/2016
The Environment of organizations
JQB 9
10
27/10/2016
The Environment of Organizations
JQB 9
11
01/11/2016
Decision Making in Organizations
JQB 9
12
08/11/2016
Decision Making in Organizations.
JQB 9
13
15/11/2016
Power and Conflict.
JQB 9
14
REVISION
15-17
EXAMINATION (70%)

READINGS
  • Mary Jo Hatch, Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic, and Postmodern Perspectives, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997)
  • Jay M. Shafritz and J. Steven Ott, Classics of Organization Theory 4th edition, (California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1996)
  • John M. Ivancevich, Robert Konopaske and Michael T. Matterson, Organizational Behaviour and Management, (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005)
  • Michael Armstrong, A Handbook of Human Resource Management, 10th edition, (London:   Kogan Page, 2006)
  • Harold F. Gotner, Juan Mahler and Jeanne Bell Nicholson, Organization Theory: A Public Perspective 2nd edition, (Orlando: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1997)
  • Luther Gulick, “Notes on the Theory of Organizations”, in Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde (eds.), Classics of Public Administration 6th edition, (Boston: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2007)
  • R. Bennette, Organizational Behavior 2nd edition, (London: Pitman Publishing, 1998)
  • Michael Armstrong, A Handbook of Human Resource Management, 10th edition, (London:   Kogan Page, 2006)
  • Steven J. Ott, Understanding Organisational Culture, in Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde (eds.), Classics of Public Administration  6thdition, (Boston: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2007)
  • Nicholson, Organization Theory: A Public Perspective 2nd edition, (Orlando: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1997)


COURSE REQUIREMENTS
  • There will be thirteen weeks of lectures. Full participation in the lectures is a prerequisite for admission into the final examinations.
  • Each student must attend tutorials each week to be organized by tutorial assistants. Students are advised to effectively participate in the discussions. It must be emphasized that tutorials are not second lectures.
  • Most of the reading materials exist in the Department of Political Science Library and the Balme Library. Some of the core readings are available in the General Office of the Department of the Political Science, University of Ghana. 
  • It is imperative for students to read the literature much more intently in order to identify the hidden truths (read with understanding).
  • There will be mid-term and final examinations. The distribution of the marks is as follows:


Mid-Term Assessment = 30%
Final Examination        =70%
Total                             = 100%


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