Organization Theory - Period 2

Social Sciences & Humanities Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dates: mid Aug 2025 - late Dec 2025

Social Sciences & Humanities

Organization Theory - Period 2

Organization Theory - Period 2 Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Business
Instruction in: English
Course Code: E_IBA1_ORGT
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 100
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84

DESCRIPTION

During this introductory course to organization theory we will start unpacking the theoretical tools with which you can understand what an organization is and how organizations function. We cover most fundamental concepts and topics in organization theory, such as decision making, innovation, and organizational change. In addition, we start building the academic skills that you increasingly need when your studies progress. Along the way, we go through various examples of organizations - like factories in the 19th century industrial England, contemporary prisons in the US, and the creative companies of the 21st century - to put flesh on the bones of organization theories. Though our focus is on general organization theories that can be applied across different organizational and national contexts, we explicitly discuss international business related theories such institutional theory.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.


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