Objectives and competences

Student will: • understand contemporary theories of organizations in the digital era, • acquire knowledge of legalities of individual models and approaches of the development of an organization and management, • understand differences between governance and management, • learn and possess ideas in the field of methodology of organizational change and • acquire knowledge in the field of mastering organizational conflicts.

Content (Syllabus outline)

Characteristics of the digital era and the development of new organizational and managerial theories. • Concepts of companies' business models in the digital age. • Contemporary forms and models of organizations and organizing with a stress on the representation of empirical efficiency and effectiveness of individual forms and models. • Governance and management concepts. • Management schools. • Contemporary theory of organizational and management development in the digital era. • Methodology of the changing of an organization and organizing (the diagnosis of an organization, the formation of a performed concept, the formation of a new model, mastering the process of implementation and evaluation).

Learning and teaching methods

• Lecture and directed discussion. • Presentation of examples and their analysis and forming suggestions for improvements. • Oriented independent empirical research of organizational problems. • Tutorial.

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course students will be able to: • understanding regularities in the development of an organization and management, • know characteristics of individual models and approaches of organizational and management development, • gain knowledge in the field of organizational analysis and formation of organizational and management models and • understand the dynamics of organizational conflicts and • Understand differences between governance and management.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Readings

1. Šprajc, P. Zapiski predavanja (za vsako študijsko leto). 2. Rozman, R., Kovač, J. (2017). Management, GV, Ljubljana. 3. Kovač, J., Muhlbacher, J., Kodydek, G. (2012) . Uvod v management sprememb, MO, Kranj. 4. Potočan, V., Dabić, M. (2012). Managementska orodja v poslovnem okolju. EPF, Maribor. 5. Rozman, R., Mihelčič, M., Kovač, J. (2011): Sodobne teorije organizacije, Ekonomska fakulteta, Ljubljana. 6. Certo, S.C., Certo, S.T. (2016). Modern Management: Concepts and Skills, Global Edition, (14th Edition), Pearson, New York.

Prerequisits

• No prerequisites.