Objectives and competences
Student will:
• know basic terms in the area of organisation and management,
• acquire knowledge on individual theories regarding interpretation, organisation and management,
• get to know the scope of organisation and organising,
• learn and get an insight into the comprehension of legalities in the operation and development of organizations and management,
• get to know the scope of individual management functions and its tools and
• get insight in the latest issues regarding organisation and management.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• basic terms in the field of organization and management;
• an overview of organization and management theory (comparison between particular theorys with a stress on the representation of various factors of efficiency and effectivness of an organization);
• contemporary organizational and management theories;
• segments of organization (the nature of organizational structures, existing forms of organizational structures, process-oriented organization, organizational culture, analyzing and creating organization, modifying organization with a stress on an in-depth representation of mutual connections between empirical researches and legalities in the operation of organizations);
• topics from management (management functions, planning, strategy formulation and implementation, the nature of leadership, organizing and change management, management control, management and ethics with a stress on the introduction of individual manager models and instruments which were created on the basis of empirical researches);
Learning and teaching methods
• lecture and directed discussion;
• presentation of examples and their analysis and forming suggestions for improvements;
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
At the end of the course students will be able to:
• understand legalities and their interpretations in the operation of organization and management,
• understand organizational gaps,
• define development stages of organization and management and
• understand legalities in functioning of organization and management.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
• the ability to understand legalities and their interpretations in the operation of organizations and management;
• ability to link and understand other organisational study subjects;
• ability to recognise organisational gaps;
• ability to link various science and expert fields in an organisation;
• ability to form basic structures of the organisational and management model;
Readings
1. Rozman, R., & Kovač, J. (2017). Management (2. natis, str. 506). GV založba.
2. Daft, R. L., Murphy, J., & Willmott, H. (2020). Organization theory & design: an international perspective (4th ed., str. XV, 574). Cengage Learning.
3. Daft, R. L., Benson, A., & Henry, B. (2025). Management (3rd ed., str. XII, 558). Cengage.
Prerequisits
Prerequisites for the exam are completed obligations in e-lectures.
