Managing in the Context of Bounded Rationality

Aims of the course

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Course syllabus

1. Applicability and limitations of economics theory in management


2. Rationality as the basic assumption of the economics theory
2.1. Neoclassical perfect rationality
2.2. Bounded Rationality (Simon)
2.3. Contextual Rationality
3. Rationality and the reality of the managerial work
3.1. Myths about the managerial work
3.2. What managers really do (Mintzberg)
3.3. The roles of manger in the organization
4. Causes of bounded rationality
4.1. Personality
4.2. Values
4.3. Perception
4.4. Information processing and mental frames
4.5. Emotions
4.6. Habits
4.7. Learning
5. Strategies for coping with bounded rationality
5.1. Satisficing
5.2. Heuristics and biases
5.3. Credibility, trust and reciprocity
5.4. Intuition
6. Decision-making in the context of bounded rationality
7. Leadership in the context of bounded rationality
7.1. Motivation theories
7.2. Leadership theories
8. Bounded rationality in teams
8.1. Team dynamics
8.2. Norms, customs and roles
8.3. Behavior in the groups
8.4. Group dysfunctions
9. Power, influence and politics in organizations
10. Culture and its influence on managers
10.1. National culture
10.2. Organizational culture

Course director(s)

  • Marko Jaklič, PhD, Full Professor

  • Academic Unit for Economics (Regular Member)
  • Academic Unit for International Economics and Business (Associate Member)
  • Academic Unit for Management and Organisation (Associate Member)
  • W: www.ef.uni-lj.si 
  • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marko-jaklic-85291025 
  • Twitter: MarkoJaklic 
  • Skype: Marko.Jaklic 
  • Office Hours
  • Thursday at 10:00 in P-342
 
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