Termine
| wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 12:15 - 13:45 | 12.10.2026 - 29.01.2027 | C 14.001 Seminarraum | NOTE: There will be no seminar on Oct. 21. |
| Einzeltermin | Mi, 16.12.2026, 14:15 - Mi, 16.12.2026, 15:45 | C 14.001 Seminarraum |
| Einzeltermin | Mi, 13.01.2027, 14:15 - Mi, 13.01.2027, 15:45 | C 14.006 Seminarraum | Ersatztermin für den 23.12.26 |
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The course exposes students to foundational and current management and organization theories. It starts by asking what organizations are and why we need theories to understand them, and introduces five theoretical perspectives – behavioral, systems, practice, process and organizationality – that serve as lenses throughout the semester. The second block addresses core questions of organizing: formal and informal organizing, culture and control, stability and change, decision making, and power and politics. The final block turns to the relationship between organizations and society: institutional pressures, conflicting demands and paradoxes, digital and algorithmic organizing, and the role of organizations for democracy and inequality. Throughout the course, we read classic and current texts closely and use them to make sense of organizational life in practice.
Professional competence:
The students
• gain a deeper theoretical knowledge about management and organization theories relevant for understanding both organizational life in practice and broader societal developments
• become familiar with different kinds of organizations, their structures and practices, and their role in society
• develop the conceptual competence to apply these theories to different managerial situations
• become able to critically engage in current debates about management and organization theories and their impact on the organization of economic actions
• understand the relevance of theory to make sense of empirical problems
• develop critical thinking as well as close reading, discussion-leading and presentation skills
Personal competence:
The students
• gain theoretical knowledge as a basis for a possible Phd
• reflect on how to evaluate their own work and provide feedback to others in a constructive and critical manner
• gain a better understanding of organizational life in practice
Mixed group of MSc and PhD students: The seminar brings together MSc students from different disciplinary backgrounds and PhD students. Everyone reads the same core texts, but some tasks differ: PhD students will mostly lead the discussion of conceptual and review articles, MSc students that of empirical studies; the theory groups in classes 2 & 3 are mixed; and some sessions list a “Further reading (PhD students)”, recommended for PhD students and optional for everyone else.
Evaluation
Weitere Informationen zur Lehrevaluation: https://www.leuphana.de/lehre/qualitaetsmanagement/evaluation/lehrveranstaltungsevaluation.html