In the first lecture, Professor Alava introduces the syllabus of the course. After studying the 4 frames (structural, human resource, political and symbolic frames), students will have these frames as tools to analyze the organization. In this course, students also have the opportunity to combine the theory with the practice in their personal case study. The rationale of reframing is to provide different lenses in observing the organization and eventually get a holistic view of the reality.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: none

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture S1_L1.pdf​

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

Write your learning experiences into your personal reflective report. The reflective reports for all lectures will be submitted in one file after lecture 4.

Assignment after the lecture: Read chapters 1 and 2 from the course book B & D.