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Interaction and Organization

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Interaction and Organization
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Social work and early childhood, Bachelor, SO 01.10.2026
Module code: BSozP-19
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
2V+2S (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 4
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
BSP-18.1/.2: Module work (MA) (bn)

[updated 20.05.2020]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BSP-18 (P322-0048) Social work and early childhood, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2017 , semester 4, mandatory course
BSP-18 (P322-0048) Social work and early childhood, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019 , semester 4, mandatory course
BSozP-19 Social work and early childhood, Bachelor, SO 01.10.2026 , semester 4, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Rock
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Kerstin Rock

[updated 14.04.2026]
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this course, students will:
a) At a professional level
... be able to recognize and describe social work and childhood education institutions in terms of their organization, based on organizational theory fundamentals (e.g., the concept of organization, organizational concepts, organizational theories).
… have developed an understanding of the special characteristics of social organizations and their impact on management.
… be able to recognize structural problems/paradoxes and their impact on interaction with the target audience.
... be able to describe and critically reflect on the integration of an organization into a support system and the functions of the various types of support providers in providing and financing social services.
... be able to recognize current developments in the economization of social work in their effects on voluntary welfare work and individual organizations.
… be able to conduct an organizational analysis, identifying the organizational goals, organizational structure, membership conditions, integration into a support system, etc. of a specific social institution and evaluating their usefulness.
b) At an interdisciplinary level
…be able to read and understand scientific literature independently and use theoretical categories and concepts to understand experiences and problems.
... be aware of the importance of organizational frameworks for their own actions in organizations (as employees, interns, volunteers)


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Module content:
BSP 18.1 Lecture
I. Principles of Organizational Theory
•        Definition of an organization
•        Categories for analyzing organizations (basic elements, the three sides of an organization)
•        Basic organizational concepts and selected organizational theories
II. Specifics of organized social work
•        Characteristics of social services, more recent service theory
•        Participation of addressees in social organizations
•        Prevention and protection concepts and their implementation
III. Support system
•        Support structures and interaction between support providers (subsidiarity principle, corporatism, governance)
•        Significance and developments of independent social welfare
•        Basic forms of financing for social organizations and the “economization of social work”
 
BSP 18.2 Seminar
The seminar deepens the content of the lecture by deriving questions for organizational analysis and working through them using a social organization as an example.


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Teaching methods/Media:
BSP-18.1
- Lecture
- Independent study: Reading and working through the specialist literature specified in the course (individual work)
- Working on tasks and case studies in small groups
BSP-18.2
- Discussion of module topics (seminar discussion)
- Presentations by the students
- Creation of an organizational analysis (in part)
 
  
  


[updated 21.04.2026]
Recommended or required reading:
Boeßenecker, Karl-Heinz / Vilain, Michael (2013). Spitzenverbände der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege. Eine Einführung in Organisationsstrukturen und Handlungsfelder sozialwirtschaftlicher Akteure in Deutschland. 2. Auflage. Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Juventa.
Evers, Adalbert / Heinze, Rolf. G. / Olk, Thomas (Hrsg.) (2011). Handbuch Soziale Dienste. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag
Klatetzki, Thomas (Hrsg.) (2010). Soziale personenbezogene Dienstleistungsorganisationen. Sozialogische Perspektiven. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag.
Kühl, Stefan (2011). Organisationen. Eine sehr kurze Einführung. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag
Merchel, Joachim (2003). Trägerstrukturen in der Sozialen Arbeit. Eine Einführung. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.
Nikles, Bruno (2008). Institutionen und Organisationen der Sozialen Arbeit. Eine Einführung. München: Reinhardt UTB.
Olk, Thomas / Otto, Hans-Uwe (Hrsg.) (2003). Soziale Arbeit als Dienstleistung. Grundlegungen, Entwürfe und Modelle. München: Luchterhand.
Preisendörfer, Peter (2011). Organisationssoziologie. Grundlagen, Theorien und Problemstellungen. 3. Auflage. Wiesbaden


[updated 20.05.2020]
 
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