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Science Based Business Management

Vak
2010-2011

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Objective:

To provide knowledge and skills such that students have a thorough understanding of the behavior of organizations, the behavior of individuals within organizations and the interaction between the two. This should enable students to better understand the organizational environment in which they operate (either during their SBB internship or their future jobs) and thus increase the value they create for both themselves and the organizations they work in.

Subjects:

Organizational Science focuses on the structure and culture of organizations. Which factors influence the structure of an organization and how does the structure influence the way in which managers operate within the organization? What is organizational culture, how do people learn about the organizational culture and how is it managed. Of course, organizations change over time, structures and cultures change. How do you deal with managing this change?
Human Resources Management deals how people function in a working environment, ranging from recruitment & selection, education, motivation and leadership, , collaboration and teamwork, monitoring performance and outplacement. How does individual behavior influence teamwork and how do you manage these individuals who are all part of one organization?

For whom?

– master students of Science Based Business (SBB) that intend to do (or have done) an SBB internship (obligatory for SBB internship students that did one of the SBB Fundamentals courses in the academic year 2010-2011)
– all others with a genuine interest in these topics and minimally either some initiation or experience in business or management

Course Load:

-3 EC
PLEASE NOTE: this is a pilot version of the course and the way in which the course will be run will also depend on the number of participants. So the information provided below is preliminary and changes may occur.

When?

Course runs during in May – June 2011, starting on Monday May 9th.
There are 6 evening sessions of 3 hours each: 2 specific for Organizational Science (OS) and 4 specific for Human Rescources Management (HRM).

All course sessions are in the evening, from 19.00-22.00 hrs.

Preliminary schedule:
Monday May 9th: Introduction to the course and introduction to HRM
Monday May 16th: Career development/motivation
Monday May 23rd: Organization Science part 1
Monday May 30th: Selection & Staffing
Monday June 6th: Organization Science part 2
TUESDAY June 14th: Teams/leadership

Teaching modes:

Lectures, case discussions and assignments will provide insights in the behaviour of organizations, the behaviour of individuals and the interaction between the two.

Preliminary list of topics:

Principles of Organizational Structure
Factors influencing Organizational Structure
Organizational Culture
Managing Organizational Change
Trends in Human Resources Management
Individual Behaviour (within organizations)
Myers-Briggs personality model
Motivation
Education and personal development within organizations
Recruitment
Assessment centres
Outplacement
Working in teams
Team roles
Leadership
Managerial styles

Exam:

Assignments and online tests via blackboard

Lecturers:

Organizational Science: Joyce Rupert
Human Resource Management: Gerard de Gier
Coordinator: Grada Degenaars

Enrollment:

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