PSY531 Organisational culture: diagnostics and change

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Halásová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Martin Vaculík, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Sat 1. 3. 9:00–16:00 U23, Sat 15. 3. 9:00–16:00 U23, Sat 22. 3. 9:00–16:00 U23, Sat 12. 4. 9:00–16:00 U23
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
a. Knowledge of theories and concepts
Students will be able to state, explain and debate the major approaches and theories to defining organizational culture, their origin and value, based on current knowledge.
Students will have an opinion about if, how and why culture matters in organizations, backed by facts.
Students will recognize key factors determining organizational culture and illustrate their understanding with examples from own experience, research and business environment.
Students will recognize main methods of diagnosing organizational culture and be able to link them to approaches or concepts, from which they stem. They will understand their advantages and limitations.
b. Diagnostic skills
Students will be able to evaluate relative usefulness of the main diagnostic methods and tools to particular situations related to organizational culture.
Students will practice planning and conducting data gathering in organizational setting (applied research).
Students will be able to describe, compare and evaluate the cultures in variety of organizations.
c. Intervention skills
Students will be able to present diagnostic results to a business audience of non-psychologist clearly and ethically.
Students will be able to propose an effective change management plan for influencing organizational culture and support their plan with valid, fact-based explanation of why it is to be effective.
Students will be able to accompany their organizational change plan with a stakeholder management consideration. They will be able to formulate assumptions and risks associated with their plan and propose their mitigation.
Students will demonstrate ability to structure and conduct an interview or a team session in order to diagnose or influence organizational culture.
d. Professional skills
Students will understand professional ethical imperatives of organizational psychologist and be expected to model the behavior at all times.
Students will understand the importance of the following skills and practice them during class preparation, class conduct and individual and team assignments:
Self-organization
Presentation skills
Assignment management
Stakeholder management
Team work
Syllabus
  • Session 1
  • Definition and meaning of organizational culture
  • Organizational culture theories and typologies
  • Competing Values Framework
  • Shein’s Theory of Culture
  • Session 2
  • Role of leadership in organizational culture
  • How organizational culture emerges /evolves
  • Organizational culture assessment/diagnostic methods
  • Individual assignment due
  • Session 3
  • Culture change as a transformation in organization, change management
  • Process for managed culture change
  • Developing, integrating vs. changing organizational culture
  • Session 4
  • Organizational culture in international/multicultural organizations
  • New forms of organizations and their cultures – virtual, flat, etc.
  • Team assignment due
Literature
    required literature
  • Cameron, Kim S. & Quinn, Robert E. (2011). Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework. 3rd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
  • Organizational culture and leadership. Edited by Edgar H. Schein. 4th ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010, xvi, 436 p. ISBN 9780470185865. info
Teaching methods
Student reading, followed by oral and written reflection
Lecture with questions and discussion
Group discussion
Examples and audiovisual material
Role play and practice
Case studies
Individual assignment: “Structuring diagnostic or intervention session”
Student oral presentations and demonstrations
Team assignment: “Organizational culture change. Assignment proposal”
Assessment methods
Session contribution: 0 – 16 points
Individual assignment: 0 – 25 points
Team assignment: 0 – 30 points
Exam: 0 – 20 points
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
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