Organisation and management
Dr Edward Vaughan
6 points
* Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week
*
First semester
* Clayton
* Prerequisite: MGC1020, MGC1030
Objectives On completion of this subject students should be able to classify and compare major issues that arise in managing organisation development and change; understand the effects of science, technology, and education on organisation and management; and understand how economic rationality and social justice have to be balanced in management decision making and policy.
Synopsis The subject compares and analyses different beliefs about what constitute `good organisation' and `good management', and draws on theory, research, and ideas from different social science disciplines. Lectures classify beliefs according to what they assume, firstly, about the extent to which organisation structure is shaped by necessity or choice, and, secondly, about the balance that should be struck between rational organisation and harmony, fairness, and social justice.
Assessment Written (Two assignments of 1000 words and 2500 words): 15%
and 25%
* Examination (2 hours): 60%
Recommended texts
Blau P M and Meyer M W Bureaucracy in modern society 3rd edn, Random House, 1987
Pugh D S and others Writers on organisations 4th edn, Penguin, 1989
Robbins S P and Barnwell N S Organisation theory in Australia 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1994
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