Organization and Management 2600-MSMdz1OZ
1. Introduction to Management
• Management process: planning, organizing, leading, controlling
• History of management
o Classical approach to management
o Behavioral approach to management
o Quantitative approach to management
o Integrafie approach
• The environment of organizations and managers
o Internal environment
o External environment
2. Human resource management and diversity
• HR management in the context of the environment
• Recruitment of human resources
• HR development
• Groups and teams in organizations
• Interpersonal and intergroup conflicts
• Conflict management in organizations
• Theories of motivation
• Diversity management
3. Organizing and organizational structures
• Elements of organizing
• Job design
• Organizational chart
• Bureaucratic model
• Behavioral model
• Strategy and organizational structure
• Organizational structures
• New forms of organizational structures
▪ Team-based organization
▪ Virtual organization
▪ Learning organization
4. Strategic management
• Strategic management process
• Competitive advantage
• Value management
• Types of organizational strategies
5. Innovation and international management
• Organizational innovations
• Innovation process
• Forms of innovation
• Failure to innovate
• Supporting innovation in organizations
• Essence of international operations – role and significance
• Types of international organizations
• Forms of internationalization
• Cross-cultural management
6. Efficiency and effectiveness in managing organizations and decision-making
• Decision-making and planning process
• Nature of decision-making
• Rational approach to decision-making
• Behavioral approach to decision-making
Course coordinators
Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student:
- defines the basic functions of management (planning, organising, leading, controlling) and their importance in an organisation (K_W01)
- discusses the basics of human resource management, the importance of motivation, diversity and team management (K_W02)
- distinguishes between rational and behavioural approaches in decision-making in organisations (K_W02)
- describes key management theories, including classical, behavioural and quantitative approaches, and is able to indicate their application in practice (K_W02)
- explains the importance of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in contemporary business (K_W05)
- identifies the underlying strategies implemented by selected companies (K_W07)
-identifies the influence of the organisation's environment - both internal and external - on managers' actions (K_U01)
- adjusts different organisational structures to the company's strategy, taking into account new organisational forms, such as virtual or learning organisations (K_U02)
- proposes solutions to interpersonal and intergroup conflicts, using the known methods of conflict management (K_U03)
- works in a team on the analysis of complex case studies reflecting real business situations (K_U06)
- critically evaluates innovation processes in organisations and the importance of intercultural management in international business (K_K01)
- develops own managerial competences (K_K04)
- takes into account in its decision-making the principles of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in contemporary activities (K_K05).
Assessment criteria
Assessment follows the principles set by the seminar instructors during the first class.
The lecture ends with a multiple-choice exam; grades are assigned according to the standard UW (University of Warsaw) grading system.
● 0-50% – grade 2
● 51-60% – grade 3
● 61-70% – grade 3.5
● 71-80% – grade 4
● 81-90% – grade 4.5
● 91-100% – grade 5
● Lecture – exam
● Seminar – graded credit (case studies, group presentations, participation)
Bibliography
Basic literature:
● Koźmiński A., Jemielniak D., Latusek-Jurczak D., Pikos A., Zarządzanie. Nowe otwarcie, Potext, Warsaw 2023
● Griffin R.W., Podstawy zarządzania organizacjami, PWN, Warsaw 2021
Supplementary literature:
● Drucker P.F., Praktyka zarządzania, MT Biznes, Warsaw 2024
● Łukasiewicz K., Pietrzak P., Nowoczesne Zarządzanie Podstawy Zarządzania, CeDeWu, Warsaw 2024