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Terminated in academic year 2002/2003

Sociology of Management

Type of study Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 711-0602/04
Abbreviation SM
Course title Sociology of Management
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Social Sciences
Course coordinator PhDr. Anna Papřoková, Ph.D.

Course aims

To acquire theoretic knowledge and skils in the sphere of management, planning and making decisions with accent on social conditions of these processes. To understand the connections of the influence and changes of the environment upon he organization, on planning of its strategy, structure and human resources with respect to its goals. To learn basic observatins from management, motivation and leading of people. To understand the issue of company culture, its dependence on the society culture, the role of an individual in an organization and to acquire the knowledge needed for diagnostics and implementation of changes in the company culture.

Literature

Handel, M.J. (ed.) (2003). The Sociology of Organizations, London:
Sage Publications
Herriot, P. (1992). The Career Management Challenge Balancing Individual
and Organizational Needs. London: SAGE

Doporučená literatura

Clark, F. A.(1992). Total Career Management. Strategies for creating
management careers. London : McGraw-Hill International (UK) Limited
Grove, S. A.(1996). Only the Paranoid Survive, How to exploit
crisis points that challange every copany. New York: Random House
Thompson, P; McHugh, D.(1990/2002). Work Organizations, a critical introduction. Palgrave
Reich, R. B.(1991). Work of Nations.Preparing Ourselves for 21st-Century Capitalism. New York: Alfred A.Knopf