Organization Theory - 4GMC15E1

Goal(s)

• This course is about managerial action and the design of organisations using knowledge from sociology.

• The aim of this course is for young industrial engineers to carry out a diagnostic of a particular situation, to develop their ability to think, criticise and analyse specific management situations. To understand learning mechanisms and how to contribute to modifying a project.

Content(s)

Subject 1: Deciding
• Limits of rationality in situations of uncertainty
• What is the role of the manager in decision making?

Subject 2: Leadership
• giving responsibilities, delegating, controlling
• motivating, negotiating

Subject 3: Developing transversality
• operational integration, how to objectify interdependencies
• diversity of knowledge and values??, how to improve understanding in a group and how to act collectively

Subject 4: Leading Change
• design a plan for change: avoid falling for gimmicks and fashion trends, take over the project, give a meaning to the project, understand and manage resistance, control learning processes, avoid "knowledge traps"

Tools for organisational diagnosis: process analysis, interdependence analysis, dysfunction analysis, sociograms.

S1: Sociology of Work S2