The course will focus as well on the dynamics and processes within organisations which lead to sound ethical cultures as on those which might encourage ethical flaws and risks of scandals: What are the common principles? What are the differences? How to foster the first scenario and how to avoid the second one?
We will first focus on the risks and potential for ethics at the level of the individual actor, before transitioning into the dynamic reciprocal influence between ethical leadership and ethical organisational culture.
We will also take into consideration the impact of the broader context of business (globalisation, pluralization, specialisation as well as the changing business-society / business-NPO relation) on organisation as well as on individual ethical reasoning and acting.
Finally, group presentations will allow for dynamic class discussion around successful and unsuccessful cases and examples of ethical organisational culture and ethical leadership - as well as on the potential and limitations of “new” economic models such as ‘ethical’ consumption and alternative economies (social entrepreneurship, solidarity economy etc.).
- Enseignant·e: Michaël Gonin
In this lecture, students learn about different leadership styles, leadership contexts and success factors on a theoretical and application-oriented level. This knowledge is important if they want to pursue a leadership role after graduation.
- Enseignant·e: Philipp Erpf
- Enseignant·e: Bernhard Lang
Auf dieser Plattform finden die Studierenden Materialien zu ihrem Studium.
- Enseignant·e: Markus Gmür
Prof. Dr. Markus Gmür
Organisation
Do, 13.15-17.00 Uhr, PER17 Raum D130
Die Organisationsanalyse, -gestaltung und -entwicklung ist eine betriebswirtschaftliche Kernfunktion. In der Vorlesung (13.15-15.00 Uhr) werden die wesentlichen Grundlagen aus wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftlicher Perspektive vermittelt und anhand von Übungen und Fallbeispielen (15.15-17.00 Uhr) vertieft. Der Kurs orientiert sich am Lehrbuch von Gareth Morgan "Bilder der Organisation", das durch ausgewählte Texte ergänzt wird.
Das Buch von Gareth Morgan "Bilder der Organisation" ist Pflichtlektüre, und die Anschaffung eines persönlichen Exemplars zur vorlesungsbegleitenden Lektüre wird dringend angeraten. Ein Exemplar befindet sich zudem im Semesterapparat zur Vorlesung.
- Enseignant·e: Markus Gmür
Prof. Dr. Markus Gmür
Organisational Change and Crisis Management in Nonprofit Organisations
The course is a mix of lecture and case study work. It is based on a selection of texts that are to be prepared for the classes. Students join groups of 3-5 members and choose a real case study example of an organisation during a crisis or a fundamental change. They analyse the case referring to theories and concepts from the lectures and based on published information.
Major topics:
• Images of Organization (following Gareth Morgan)
• Organization Theories of Change
• Methodological Issues in the Research of Organizational Change
• The Multidimensional Analysis of Organizational Change
• Institutions and NPO Change
• Individual and Organizational Sensemaking in Crisis Situations
• Structural Change During Disasters
• Organizational Change Management in NPO
• The Role of Leadership During Change Processes
• Risk Management in NPO
- Enseignant·e: Markus Gmür