Tutorial 8 – Understanding Organisations: Theory and
Practice: Review and Exam Simulation
Agenda
Review exercise (40 minutes)
Exam simulation (40 minutes)
Team competition – one theory one minute
Each team will be randomly assigned one organisational theory (from the
list in the next slide)
Each team has 15 minutes to prepare a one-minute presentation (will be
delivered by one team member)
The presentation is targeted at an audience with no knowledge of
organisation theory or management
Describe what is the theory about and what is it useful for
Organisational Theories
Scientific management
Contingency Theory
Organisational power
Organisational culture
Design thinking
Institutional theory
Critical management studies
Sensemaking
Exam simulation
Each team:
- will be assigned one different exam question (see following slides)
- has 20 minutes to outline an answer (in exam conditions will be 30 mins,
including writing time)
- is to present their answer to the class (Max X 3 minutes per team)
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Practice: Review and Exam Simulation
Agenda
Review exercise (40 minutes)
Exam simulation (40 minutes)
Team competition – one theory one minute
Each team will be randomly assigned one organisational theory (from the
list in the next slide)
Each team has 15 minutes to prepare a one-minute presentation (will be
delivered by one team member)
The presentation is targeted at an audience with no knowledge of
organisation theory or management
Describe what is the theory about and what is it useful for
Organisational Theories
Scientific management
Contingency Theory
Organisational power
Organisational culture
Design thinking
Institutional theory
Critical management studies
Sensemaking
Exam simulation
Each team:
- will be assigned one different exam question (see following slides)
- has 20 minutes to outline an answer (in exam conditions will be 30 mins,
including writing time)
- is to present their answer to the class (Max X 3 minutes per team)
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