National Sun Yat-sen University 108Academic year1st Semester Course syllabus
中文名稱 Course name(Chinese)
高等管理理論
課號 Course Code
BM781
英文名稱 Course name(English)
ADVANCED MANAGEMENT THEORY
課程類別 Type of the course
講授類
必選修 Required/Selected
必修
系所 Dept./faculty
企業管理學系博士班
授課教師 Instructor
韋岱思
學分 Credit
3
因應嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎(武漢肺炎)，倘若後續需實施遠距授課，授課方式調整如下：
尚未建立傳染性肺炎(武漢肺炎)授課方式調整
因應嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎(武漢肺炎)，倘若後續需實施遠距授課，評分方式調整如下：
尚未建立傳染性肺炎(武漢肺炎)課程評分方式﹝評分標準及比例﹞
課程大綱 Course syllabus
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Why is this course important? Why do organizations do what they do? Why are some more successful than others? And why are some organizations beacons of innovative entrepreneurship while others are unimaginative dinosaurs slumping on in their industry? If you are anything like most students in management, you will answer such questions by pointing to something ‘inside’ the organization. Organizational culture maybe, HR practices perhaps, or possibly the entrepreneurial vigor of the CEO. But what if these answers are incomplete at best or maybe even simply dead wrong? Wouldn’t that limit your understanding of why organizations do what they do? Wouldn’t you be looking at the wrong causes of organizational innovation and success? The key insight of organizational theory is that most explanations of organizations focus on factors inside the organization but overlook one of the most crucial factors shaping organizational actions, innovativeness, and success: the environment. Organizational theorists have studied how the environment shapes organizations since the mid-1970s. We will see that many organizational outcomes, such as performance, competitiveness, innovation, and other organizational actions are all influenced by a wide range of actors and social processes in an organization’s environment. Organizational theorists broadly classify their ideas about how the external environment forces, encourages, and facilitates organizations in four different theories: network theory, resource dependence theory, institutional theory, and corporate demography. In this course, we will discuss these four theories about how the environment shapes organizations and explore how these four theories help us to understand the actions of organizations in the real world. To create this mix between ‘theory’ and ‘practice’, you will first of all learn how to read academic research through writing concise summaries of the assigned readings. You will also lead short discussions where you not only present your understanding of the paper, but also reflect on how the paper sheds light on some of your practical work experiences from your career. Finally, you will learn how to critically evaluate academic research by writing two reviews of the assigned readings. Through these various assignments, you will become critically engaged in organizational theory to better understand how the environment impacts organizations. Ultimately, this course offers a perspective on organizations that complements other courses in the management curriculum focusing on the ‘inside’ of organizations.
課程目標 Objectives
What should you be able to do by the end of this course? At the end of this course, students are able to: 1. Describe and compare the four main theoretical perspectives in organizational theory and apply them to real life business situations 2. Read, review, and critically discuss academic papers
授課方式 Teaching methods
Assignments and evaluations This class consists of a number of smaller and bigger assignments, which all count towards your final grade: 1. WWW: Before coming to class, briefly summarize the paper by answering the following three questions on a piece of paper: a. What is the main thing the paper tries to explain? b. What is the explanation given in the paper? c. Why is this theoretically and practically important? We will use your WWW’s to structure the class discussion You are expected to write a WWW for at least 6 week with assigned reading materials (14 weeks in total). 2. Short WWW discussion: For 3 of the WWWs that you’ll write for this class, you’ll need to briefly discuss your WWW with the class, while elaborating on the following elements: a. Where in the paper do you base your answers on? b. What in the paper do you find particularly convincing? c. What in the paper do you not understand? d. What in the paper do you find unconvincing and why? e. How does the paper help you shed light on practical experiences in your career? We will start with the short WWW discussions on week 4. Only 2 students can give a short WWW discussion in the same week. 3. Review of two papers: Each student needs to write a review of two of the research papers that we discussed during the class. You cannot write a review for the book chapter highlighted with a *** in the weekly schedule below. A good review includes a brief summary of the article and its main contribution to the literature, and a critical review of the theoretical argument or an assessment of the data and methods. Most importantly, when reviewing an article, you need to show how your critique undermines the theoretical argument or casts doubt on the main results presented in the article. Reviews cannot exceed 4 pages (font size 11, double spaced, standard office margins) including all text, tables, figures, and references. You can hand in your reviews at any point during the semester, but you need to hand in at least one review before week 10 (11/12). When both reviews are handed in after week 10, I will deduct 20 points from the grade of one of your reviews.
參考書/教科書/閱讀文獻 Reference book/ textbook/ documents
〔請遵守智慧財產權觀念，不可非法影印。教師所提供之教材供學生本人自修學習使用,不得散播及做為商業用途〕
No copies for intellectual property rights. Textbooks provided by the instructor used only for self-study, can not broadcast or commercial use
We will use a number of research papers and academic book chapters during the course. Students are required to find the research papers themselves, but pdf files of the book chapters will be made available to students. All required readings are listed under the relevant weeks.
彈性暨自主學習規劃 Alternative learning periods
本門課程是否有規劃實施學生彈性或自主學習內容（每1學分2小時）
Is any alternative learning periods planned for this course (with each credit corresponding to two hours of activity)?
否：教師需於「每週課程內容及預計進度」填寫18週課程進度（每1學分18小時之正課內容）。 No：The instructor will include an 18-week course plan in the weekly scheduled progress (each credit corresponds to 18 hours of instruction)
是：教師需於「每週課程內容及預計進度」填寫16週課程內容（每1學分16小時之正課內容），並於下列欄位填寫每1學分2小時學生彈性或自主學習內容。 Yes：The instructor will include a 16-week course plan in the weekly scheduled progress (each credit corresponds to 16 hours of instruction);the details of the planned alternative learning periods are provided below (each credit corresponds to two hours of activity).
學生彈性或自主學習活動 Alternative learning periods
勾選或填寫規劃內容 Place a check in the appropriate box or provide details
時數 Number of hours
學生分組實作及討論 Group work and discussion
參與課程相關作業、作品、實驗 Participation in course-related assignments, work, or experiments
參與校內外活動（研習營、工作坊、參訪）或競賽 Participation in on- or off-campus activities (e.g., seminars, workshops, and visits) or competitions
課外閱讀 Extracurricular reading
線上數位教材學習 Learning with online digital learning materials
其他（請填寫規劃內容） Other (please provide details)
每週課程內容及預計進度 Weekly scheduled progress
週次
日期
授課內容及主題
Week
Date
Content and topic
1
2019/09/09~2019/09/15
Course introduction
2
2019/09/16~2019/09/22
What is an organization?
3
2019/09/23~2019/09/29
How do networks help organizations survive?
4
2019/09/30~2019/10/06
How do networks make organizations innovative?
5
2019/10/07~2019/10/13
How can organizations build innovative networks?
6
2019/10/14~2019/10/20
How do individuals benefit from their network?
7
2019/10/21~2019/10/27
Can brokers be trusted?
8
2019/10/28~2019/11/03
How do power and resource dependencies affect organizations?
9
2019/11/04~2019/11/10
Mid-terms – how do I write a good review
10
2019/11/11~2019/11/17
Do the most competitive firms survive? Institutional theory
11
2019/11/18~2019/11/24
Why do organizations conform to institutions?
12
2019/11/25~2019/12/01
Do all firms conform to institutions?
13
2019/12/02~2019/12/08
Why are there so many similar products on the market?
14
2019/12/09~2019/12/15
Wait a minute … what about market competition? Corporate demography
15
2019/12/16~2019/12/22
Does higher competitive density lower survival chances?
16
2019/12/23~2019/12/29
Who competes with whom?
17
2019/12/30~2020/01/05
Old Year’s Day – no class
18
2020/01/06~2020/01/12
Hand in everything
課業討論時間 Office hours
時段1 Time period 1: 時間 Time：星期一12:00-14:00 地點 Office/Laboratory：4064 時段2 Time period 2： 時間 Time：星期三12:00-14:00 地點 Office/Laboratory：4064
系所學生專業能力/全校學生基本素養與核心能力 basic disciplines and core capabilitics of the dcpartment and the university
系所學生專業能力/全校學生基本素養與核心能力 basic disciplines and core capabilities of the department and the university
課堂活動與評量方式 Class activities and evaluation
本課程欲培養之能力與素養 This course enables students to achieve.
紙筆考試或測驗 Test.
課堂討論︵含個案討論︶ Group discussion (case analysis).
個人書面報告、作業、作品、實驗 Indivisual paper report/ assignment/ work or experiment.
群組書面報告、作業、作品、實驗 Group paper report/ assignment/ work or experiment.
個人口頭報告 Indivisual oral presentation.
群組口頭報告 Group oral presentation.
課程規劃之校外參訪及實習 Off-campus visit and intership.
證照/檢定 License.
參與課程規劃之校內外活動及競賽 Participate in off-campus/ on-campus activities and competitions.
課外閱讀 Outside reading.
※系所學生專業能力 Basic disciplines and core capabilities of the department
1.溝通能力(Ability of communication) 1. Ability of communication.