Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope"

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ORGANIZATION THEORY

Teaching schedule

Academic year: 
2016/2017
Belonging course: 
Course of Bachelor's Degree Programme on PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION
Location: 
Napoli
Disciplinary sector: 
ORGANIZATION STUDIES (SECS-P/10)
Language: 
Italian
Credits: 
12
Year of study: 
2
Teachers: 
BUONOCORE Filomena
Cycle: 
Second Trimestre
Hours of front activity: 
96

Language

Italian

Course description

The main goal of the course is to develop knowledge and understanding about organizational behavior, coordination mechanisms and organizational forms.
Students should be able of collecting and interpreting information referring to organizational problems; they should be able of providing possible and innovative solutions about organizational design and human resource management; they should be able of developing learning abilities in order to undertake subsequent studies with a high degree of autonomy.

Prerequisites

accounting and microeconomy

Syllabus

Knowledge and Preferences; Decision and Motivation; Coordination Mechanisms: Pricing; Authority and Agency; Teams; Norms and Rules; Forms of Organization; The Organizational Configuration: A Generalized Model; The Work Organization and Human Resources Management: Systems and Contracts; The Work Organization: Structures; The Firm Organization; Firm Boundaries and Interfirm Organization.

Teaching Methods

traditional lesson, case study, role plying, project work

Textbooks

Grandori A. (1999) Organizzazione e comportamento economico. Bologna: Il Mulino.

Learning assessment

Questions/exercises assigned; middle course exam (for attending course students); final exam.
A written exam is composed of 5 open questions and of a subsequent oral exam for those who passed the written test.

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