Sociologia | SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS

cod. 0312300015

SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS

	0312300015
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE, SOCIALI E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE

	SOCIOLOGY
	2013/2014

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/09	9	60	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	THIS COURSE AIMS AT GIVING STUDENTS THE MAIN THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS. AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS SHOULD SHOW KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERENT THEORICAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACHES AND MAIN AUTHORS; THEY SHOULD ALSO UNDERSTAND SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHIES ON ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPARE DIFFERENT THEORIES ON SINGLE ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES. THIS COURSE AIMS AT GIVING STUDENTS A DEEP KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND HOW ORGANIZATIONS OPERATE AND TO ANALYSE THEM EMPIRICALLY, APPLYING IN COMPLETE AUTONOMY AND CRITICALLY THE LEARNED THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIES. DURING THE LECTURES STUDENTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPACITY TO COMMUNICATE SCIENTIFIC CONTENTS BY DISCUSSIONS ON ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND EMPIRICAL CASES. THE COURSE WILL STIMULATE STUDENTS’ LEARNING SKILLS THROUGH THE READING OF NOT ONLY HANDBOOKS BUT ALSO TEXTS WRITTEN BY ORGANIZATIONAL SCHOLARS AND THROUGH THE CRITICAL DISCUSSION ON THESE CONTENTS.

THIS COURSE AIMS AT GIVING STUDENTS THE MAIN THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS. AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS SHOULD SHOW KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERENT THEORICAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACHES AND MAIN AUTHORS; THEY SHOULD ALSO UNDERSTAND SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHIES ON ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPARE DIFFERENT THEORIES ON SINGLE ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES.
THIS COURSE AIMS AT GIVING STUDENTS A DEEP KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND HOW ORGANIZATIONS OPERATE AND TO ANALYSE THEM EMPIRICALLY, APPLYING IN COMPLETE AUTONOMY AND CRITICALLY THE LEARNED THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIES. DURING THE LECTURES STUDENTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPACITY TO COMMUNICATE SCIENTIFIC CONTENTS BY DISCUSSIONS ON ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND EMPIRICAL CASES.
THE COURSE WILL STIMULATE STUDENTS’ LEARNING SKILLS THROUGH THE READING OF NOT ONLY HANDBOOKS BUT ALSO TEXTS WRITTEN BY ORGANIZATIONAL SCHOLARS AND THROUGH THE CRITICAL DISCUSSION ON THESE CONTENTS.

	Prerequisites
	SOCIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES, ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OF LABOUR.

	Contents
	THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE WILL CONCERN THE DEFINITIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND THE SEVERAL SHAPES THAT ORGANIZATIONS CAN TAKE. THE SECOND AND WIDER PART OF THE COURSE WILL CONSIDER CLASSICAL AND RECENT SOCIOLOGICAL (AND, MORE IN GENERAL, ORGANIZATIONAL) THEORIES. THIS PART WILL CONSIDER BOTH THE MAIN THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND SOME SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS, SETTINGS AND ISSUES, LIKE GENDER AND COMMUNICATION. LASTLY, METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS WILL BE HANDLED; ANALYSIS TEQUNIQUES AND EXAMPLES OF EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS.

Contents

THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE WILL CONCERN THE DEFINITIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND THE SEVERAL SHAPES THAT ORGANIZATIONS CAN TAKE.
THE SECOND AND WIDER PART OF THE COURSE WILL CONSIDER CLASSICAL AND RECENT SOCIOLOGICAL (AND, MORE IN GENERAL, ORGANIZATIONAL) THEORIES. THIS PART WILL CONSIDER BOTH THE MAIN THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND SOME SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS, SETTINGS AND ISSUES, LIKE GENDER AND COMMUNICATION.
LASTLY, METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS WILL BE HANDLED; ANALYSIS TEQUNIQUES AND EXAMPLES OF EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS.

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE WILL BE ORGANIZED BOTH WITH FRONTAL LECTURES AND SEMINAR ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC CONTENTS AND TO STIMULATE STUDENTS’ PARTICIPATION AND LEARNING ABILITY. THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOPICS ENABLE STUDENT TO REACH A COMPREHENSIVE GRASP OF ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES.

	Verification of learning
	THE ORAL EXAM WILL CONCERN THE TEXTS INDICATED IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WILL CONSIST IN THE EXPLANATION OF THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND A DISCUSSION ON COURSE’S CONTENTS. THE ATTENDING STUDENTS CAN ELABORATE A RESEARCH PAPER WITH EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL CONTENTS, WHICH WILL REPLACE THE BIBLIOGRAPHY. THE EVALUATION OF THE STUDENTS’ LEARNING ACTIVITIES WILL BE BASED ON THEIR CAPABILITY TO ELABORATE IN AUTONOMY THE THEORETICAL CONTENTS ILLUSTRATED DURING THE COURSE OR THROUGH TEXTS READING, MAKING ALSO EMPIRICAL EXAMPLES, AND ON THEIR ABILITY TO COMPARE DIFFERENT THEORIES ON SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES.

Verification of learning

THE ORAL EXAM WILL CONCERN THE TEXTS INDICATED IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WILL CONSIST IN THE EXPLANATION OF THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND A DISCUSSION ON COURSE’S CONTENTS.
THE ATTENDING STUDENTS CAN ELABORATE A RESEARCH PAPER WITH EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL CONTENTS, WHICH WILL REPLACE THE BIBLIOGRAPHY.
THE EVALUATION OF THE STUDENTS’ LEARNING ACTIVITIES WILL BE BASED ON THEIR CAPABILITY TO ELABORATE IN AUTONOMY THE THEORETICAL CONTENTS ILLUSTRATED DURING THE COURSE OR THROUGH TEXTS READING, MAKING ALSO EMPIRICAL EXAMPLES, AND ON THEIR ABILITY TO COMPARE DIFFERENT THEORIES ON SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES.

	Texts
	BIBLIOGRAPHY: STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE STUDIED TWO (FOR STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE DEGREE COURSE IN SCIENCE OF ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION) OR THREE (FOR THE ONES BELONGING TO THE DEGREE COURSE IN SOCIOLOGY)TEXTS: BONAZZI G. (2010) COME STUDIARE LE ORGANIZZAZIONI, IL MULINO AND ONE OR TWO AMONG THE FOLLOWING TEXTS: GHERARDI S. (1998) IL GENERE E LE ORGANIZZAZIONI. IL SIMBOLISMO DEL FEMMINILE E DEL MASCHILE NELLA VITA ORGANIZZATIVA, CORTINA. BRUNI A. (2003) LO STUDIO ETNOGRAFICO DELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI, CAROCCI. STRATI A. (2013) LA COMUNICAZIONE ORGANIZZATIVA, CAROCCI. WEICK K. SENSO E SIGNIFICATO NELL'ORGANIZZAZIONE, RAFFAELLO CORTINA OTHER SUGGESTED TEXTS TO HELP STUDYING: MORETTI V. 2008 DIZIONARIO DEL PENSIERO ORGANIZZATIVO, TERZA EDIZIONE EDIESSE HATCH M.J. (2009) TEORIA DELL'ORGANIZZAZIONE, IL MULINO.

Texts

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE STUDIED TWO (FOR STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE DEGREE COURSE IN SCIENCE OF ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION) OR THREE (FOR THE ONES BELONGING TO THE DEGREE COURSE IN SOCIOLOGY)TEXTS:
BONAZZI G. (2010) COME STUDIARE LE ORGANIZZAZIONI, IL MULINO
AND ONE OR TWO AMONG THE FOLLOWING TEXTS:
GHERARDI S. (1998) IL GENERE E LE ORGANIZZAZIONI. IL SIMBOLISMO DEL FEMMINILE E DEL MASCHILE NELLA VITA ORGANIZZATIVA, CORTINA.
BRUNI A. (2003) LO STUDIO ETNOGRAFICO DELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI, CAROCCI.
STRATI A. (2013) LA COMUNICAZIONE ORGANIZZATIVA, CAROCCI.
WEICK K. SENSO E SIGNIFICATO NELL'ORGANIZZAZIONE, RAFFAELLO CORTINA
OTHER SUGGESTED TEXTS TO HELP STUDYING:
MORETTI V. 2008 DIZIONARIO DEL PENSIERO ORGANIZZATIVO, TERZA EDIZIONE EDIESSE
HATCH M.J. (2009) TEORIA DELL'ORGANIZZAZIONE, IL MULINO.

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