Sociology of Organizations

Code:

CINF032

Acronym:

SORG

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CINF	63	Plano Oficial a partir de 2008/2009	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course unit aims to understand the importance of organizations, learn the principal theories of the Sociology of Organizations, and the different organizational models, combining theoretical foundations with their application to specific cases involving organizations.

Program

Introduction
1. 1. Introduction
1.1. Organization and Sociology of Organizations.
1.2. The elements of Organizations.
1.3. Levels of analysis: individual, group and organization.
2. Evolution of the Theory of Organizations
2.1. Classical approach: Organizations as machines
2.2. Organizations as natural organisms
2.2.1. The Human Relations School
2.2.2. Psycho-sociological theories of organizations
2.2.3. Organizations as open systems
2.2.4 The socio-technical approach
2.2.5. Contingency approach
2.3. Organizations as brains
2.3.1. The learning organization
2.4. Organizations as political systems
3. Organizational structures
3.1. Elements of organizational structure
3.2. Types of organizational structure
4. Organizational Change

Mandatory literature

J. M. Carvalho Ferreira, José Neves, António Caetano; Manual de Psicossociologia das Organizações, Escolar Editora, 2011. ISBN: 9789725922972
Teixeira, Sebastião; Gestão das organizações. ISBN: 84-481-4617-4

Complementary Bibliography

Chambel, Maria José e Curral, Luís; Psicossociologia das Organizações, Texto Editora, 2000. ISBN: 972-47-0656-7
Fred Luthans; Organizational behavior. ISBN: 007-125930-9
Gomez-Mejia, Luis R.; Management. ISBN: 0-07-111131-X

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes will be based on the presentation of the themes of the course unit. Practical classes will be based on the discussion of “organi zational cases”.The classes will focus on the practical application of theoretical concepts in the analysis and discussion of case studies as well as the discussion of papers.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	48,00
Assignment	Trabalho escrito	52,00
Exam	Exame	2,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Studying	Estudo autónomo	60
	Total:	60,00

Eligibility for exams

Presentation and discussion of a case study.
Students must obtain a minimum of 7.5 points on all evaluation components.

Calculation formula of final grade

(i) Presenting of a case study (15%)
(ii) discussing a case study (25%)
(iii) Written exam without consultation (60%)

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students in special regime that can not attend the unit will get the frequency evaluation as follows:
(I) individual work to be set by teachers (40%).
(Ii) written exam (60%).

Classification improvement

Students can only improve the grade of the final exam.