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BUS 203 Managing Organisations: Reading list

BUS 203 Managing Organisations

Department: BSc in Business Management

Module Description: This module examines a variety of approaches towards analysing work organizations. The module focuses on individual and group processes within organizations addressing issues such as perception, motivation, group and team structure. It will also explore the nature of organizations, giving an overview of traditional approaches to designing organizations including scientific management, classical theory, contingency theory, and socio-technical systems, and concludes with new contemporary approaches to organizational structures, culture and leadership.

Indicative key readings

Two refereed journal articles set by the module coordinator related to organizational behaviour reporting empirical research studies on organisations in the UAE/GCC countries.

Recommended readings

  • Two refereed journal articles set by the module coordinator taken from: Journal of Organizational Behaviour (USA) and Journal of Management Studies (UK).

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