Organization sociology (2007/2008)

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Course code
4S00759
Name of lecturer
Maria Gabriella Landuzzi
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Academic sector
SPS/09 - ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONS
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
Sem. I A dal Oct 1, 2007 al Nov 3, 2007.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

Through the principal theoretical and methodological approaches this course wants to introduce the student to the knowledge of the organizations. Then, wants to understand the nature, the characteristics and the relationships with organizations and social contest.

Syllabus

The course wants to provide to the students the theoretical and methodological instruments in order to know organizations.
At first, it will be introduced the concept of work and its more recent transformations as contest in which the organization moves. Then, it will be studied some aspects of the organization like for example the ambient, the culture, the power, with particular attention to the connection between its cultural and symbolic dimension and the concept of change.

Texts:
- Accornero A., Era il secolo del lavoro, il Mulino, Bologna, 2000
- Morgan G., Images. Le metafore dell’organizzazione, Angeli, Milano, 1986

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral test.
in case of a large number of students, the examination will be in a writing
form.

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