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Culture and Identity in Organizations (seminar #1) (Seminar)

Inhalt: Shared cultural ideas, meanings, beliefs, and concepts of “who we are” influence how people in an organization think, feel, and act. Organizations are also arenas where people perform and negotiate various work and non-work identities. Yet, organizations rarely simply passively observe such processes, but also actively seek to control and manage socialization and identification. This seminar will provide an introduction to organizational culture and identity, covering both theoretical foundations and their practical application to issues such as leading employees, managing innovation, and designing sustainable organizations. Building on an overview of the main approaches to organizational culture and identity, the seminar will examine a number of thematic issues such as socialization, identification, critical approaches to culture, identity and control, the relationship of work and non-work identities, and occupational identities. The seminar is based on student assignments (presentations) designed to enhance students’ ability to think analytically and to develop a comprehensive understanding of the cultural dynamics of organizations.

Digital Entrepreneurship (Seminar #9) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Fabian Pleß

Inhalt: Digital entrepreneurship is a term that includes completely new ventures as well as the transformation of existing organizations that drive economic and/or social value by creating and using innovative digital technologies. These digital technologies are becoming increasingly embedded in all kinds of organizations, not just as tools for optimizing specific processes but also by shaping organizational infrastructure and interaction. An initial understanding of digital entrepreneurship at the intersection of entrepreneurship, digitalization and organizational behavior will be provided in this seminar, followed by an examination of sociomaterial practices along with structural and agential fundamentals of digital entrepreneurship ecosystems. The assignments (group presentations) will challenge students to comprehend, analyze and reflect different issues in this research field.

Diversity Management (Seminar #6) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Christiane Söffker

Inhalt: Von der Angst nicht dazuzugehören (belonging uncertainty)! gläserne Decke, Quotenregelung, Altersdiskriminierung, Nicht-Einhaltung der Behindertenquote, ausländischer Name Im diesem Seminar wird das Thema des Moduls "Organizational Behavior" auf die soziale Vielfalt innerhalb der Belegschaft von Unternehmen bezogen. Individuelle Merkmale wie beispielsweise Geschlecht, kultureller Hintergrund, Alter, Behinderung oder sexuelle Orientierung kennzeichnen eine Person. Unter legalen, moralisch-ethischen und ökonomischen Gesichtspunkten sind Unternehmen angehalten, durch geeignete Maßnahmen Diskriminierungen zu vermeiden und Vielfalt im Sinn des Unternehmenserfolgs zu nutzen. Hier setzt das Diversity Management an. In dem Seminar werden ausgewählte Aspekte des Diversity Management dargestellt und hinsichtlich der Wirksamkeit untersucht.

Foundations of Organizational Behavior (Vorlesung)

Dozent/in: Blagoy Blagoev

Inhalt: Today, we live in a »society of organizations« (Perrow, 1991). Organizations are all around us: Most of us are born in hospitals, learn in schools and universities, work in or for formal organizations, such as business firms, public organizations or NGOs, and even spend much of our leisure time in organizations such as cinemas, sport clubs, or theatres. Moreover, big organizations such as multinational corporations are increasingly recognized as powerful actors who are responsible for various societal challenges, including climate change, inequality, or financial in-/stability. But different forms of organization are also the only tools we have to address those challenges. Indeed, organization and organizing are a core managerial task, one that requires students of business to understand not only the behavior of individuals and groups in organizational settings but also of organizations as social systems in their own right. This module will introduce students to classic and contemporary theories of organization, thereby taking a multi-paradigmatic and problem-driven approach. We will focus on five generic problems of organization: (i) the design of organizational structures and processes, (ii) the integration of individual and organization, (iii) the handling of organization-environment relations, (iv) dealing with emergent organizational processes, such as those related to power, politics, and culture, and (v) coping with organizational change. Together, we will reflect upon the historical development of different theoretical perspectives, their anthropological assumptions, their insights and blind spots, as well as their practical application to contemporary problems of organization in the business world and beyond. Students will be given the opportunity to deepen their specific thematic interests by choosing one seminar that expands their knowledge on a specific sub-area of organizational behavior.

Führung im digitalen Zeitalter (Seminar #2) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Sevda Helpap

Inhalt: Die Digitalisierung setzt für viele Unternehmen einen grundlegenden kulturellen Wandel voraus: agiler, innovativer, partizipativer! Neue Ansätze und Methoden der Zusammenarbeit, Kommunikation und Führung werden hierzu notwendig. Die Rolle und das Verständnis von Führung ändern sich in einer zunehmend vernetzten Arbeitswelt vom „Vorgesetzten“ zum „Coach“. In diesem Seminar wollen wir uns näher mit neuen Führungsansätzen für die digitale Transformation auseinandersetzen

Grundlagen der Verhandlungsführung (Seminar #8) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Marie-Lena Frech

Inhalt: Die Studierenden erhalten einen Einblick in die Grundlagen der experimentellen Verhandlungsforschung. Verschiedene Elemente einer Verhandlung (bspw. Verhandlungsparteien, Interessen und Interessenkonflikte) werden unter theoretischen Gesichtspunkten diskutiert. Neben dem Einbezug von kognitiven Ansätzen, werden exemplarisch Modelle der Verhandlungstheorie erörtert. Durch aktive Verhandlungsaufgaben wird ein Bezug zur Praxis hergestellt.

Netzwerkperspektiven auf interne Organisationsstrukturen (Seminar #10) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Jana Kollat

Inhalt: Das Seminar gibt einen Überblick über netzwerktheoretische Ansätze in der Organisationsforschung und verknüpft diese mit aktuellen Problemstellungen von Organisationen. So wird den Fragen nachgegangen, welchen Einfluss Organisationsstrukturen auf die Genese von z.B. Einstellungen der Mitarbeiter zu bestimmten Themen haben. Dabei werden dank der Netzwerkperspektive sowohl formelle als auch informelle Strukturen aufgedeckt. Gleichzeitig werden die Rollen einzelner Akteure innerhalb einer Organisation analysiert und ihre Bedeutung im z.B. Kommunikationsprozess in den Blickpunkt gerückt. Die Studierenden erfahren so die praktischen Implikationen dieses Forschungsansatzes und werden in die Lage versetzt, neue Wege hinsichtlich der Implementierung und Umsetzung von z.B. Mitarbeiterführung zu gestalten.

Organizational Secrecy and Transparency (seminar #4) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Birke Otto

Inhalt: The rise of transparency as a political, cultural and organizational ideal has left secrecy to gain negative connotations. An organizational culture of secrecy seems to hinder knowledge exchange and innovation, or even worse, serves to cover up mistakes and misconduct. In contrast, transparency has become a predominant value for organizing. Management trends such as ‘radical transparency’ and ‘open innovation’ are based on the premise that by making more information available we can regulate, innovate, and overall improve organizational processes. However, as measures to ensure employee’s protection of personal data or creating safe spaces for idea development show, secrecy is also a necessary and often virtuous element of organizing. Moreover, transparency and secrecy are not two opposite sides of the same coin, in which secrecy is reduced as transparency measures increase. Newer studies show that increasing demands for organizational transparency create new and other forms of secrecy that change the way we organize. This seminar aims to unfold the various debates on transparency and secrecy in organization studies, explores the relationship of the two concepts as well as related notions such as public secrecy and strategic ignorance. The seminar is based on student assignments (presentations) designed to enhance students’ ability to think these analytical concepts in relation to an empirical case and to develop a comprehensive understanding of the role and outcome of the transparency/secrecy nexus on organizational processes

Organizations and Responsible Behaviour (seminar #3) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Ursula Weisenfeld

Inhalt: This seminar will provide an introduction to organizational behaviour from the perspective of responsibility. We will explore what responsible behaviour means from a theoretical point of view and we will look into practical examples. In particular, we will investigate the development of irresponsible behaviour and discuss how to organize for responsibility. After completion of this module, students will be enabled to identify, analyse, and critically reflect upon issues of responsible behaviour in organizations.

Vernetztes Entscheiden und Problemlösen in Organisationen (Seminar #7) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Daniel Verch

Inhalt: Die Veranstaltung setzt sich mit Fragen des Entscheidens und Problemlösens in Organisationen auseinander. Nach einer Einführung in bewährte Modelle sowie zum Stand der Forschung werden einige Aspekte des Entscheidungs- und Problemlöseverhaltens in Organisationen in Form von Referaten und Case Studies näher beleuchtet. Hierzu gehören auf individueller Ebene beispielsweise die Rollen von Macht, Kreativität und Expertise beim Problemlösen. Auf organisationaler Ebene werden unter anderem die Modellierung von Entscheidungsprozessen und der Einsatz von Informationstechnologie zur Unterstützung der organisationalen Entscheidungsfindung behandelt.

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