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Organizational Behaviour & Change (M&R-B-5-B_33-OBC-ILV)
Department
- Bachelor's program Management & Law
Course unit code
- M&R-B-5-B_33-OBC-ILV
Level of course unit
- Bachelor
Year of study
- Fall 2025
Semester when the course unit is delivered
- 5
Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 4.0
Name of lecturer(s)
- Mag. (FH) Dr. Anslinger Tobias
Learning outcomes of the course unit
- Students are familiar with central organizational principles and know organizations as structures of social interaction. They know central theories of organization and understand the behaviour of and in organizations. After attending the course, students will be familiar with the relevant types, procedures, methods and models for initiating, implementing and stabilizing planned organizational change and organizational learning and will be able to apply these to specific cases.
Mode of delivery
- face-to-face
Recommended optional program components
- none
Course contents
- - Concept and historical background of organizational development (OD)
- Behaviour of and in organizations and theoretical foundations
- Basic model of organizational design and the concept of change management
- Types and extent of organizational change
- Processes of organizational change
- Intervention models
- Organizational learning as an extended OD concept
- Typical causes and courses of OD processes in companies
Recommended or required reading
- Books:
Frese, E., Graumann, M.,Talaulicar, T., & Theuvsen, L. (2019). Grundlagen der Organisation.
Konzept der entscheidungsorientierten Organisationsgestaltung (11. Aufl.). Springer
Gabler.
Kotter, J.P, Ahktar, V., & Guptam G. (2021). Change: How Organizations Achieve Hardto-Imagine Results in Uncertain and Volatile Times. Wiley.
Lauer, T. (2019). Change Management. Fundamentals and Success Factors. Springer.
Mullins, L.J.,& Rees, G. (2023). Management and Organisational Behaviour (13th ed.). Pearson.
Wolf, J. (2020). Organisation, Management, Unternehmensführung. Theorien, Praxisbeispiele und Kritik (6. Aufl.). Springer.
Journals:
Harvard Business Review
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Journal of Organizational Change Management
Organization Science
Organization Studies
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.
Language of instruction
- English
Work placement(s)
- none