ORGANIZATION DESIGN

The course will develop students’ understanding of organizational design and its challenges. It will provide theoretical and practical knowledge on what organizational design is, which are the main dimensions, decisions, organizational solutions at different levels of analysis and intervention.

The course will help students to develop an integrated set of frameworks and tools for understanding and making decisions regarding the organization that can influence its ability to innovate and ultimately its effectiveness. A special attention will be given also to ethics. Today’s manager can create an ethically healthy climate for his or her employees and encourage employees to behave with integrity.
Specifically students :
 will learn what organizational design means , what are the main dimensions of organizational design based on the main organization theories
 will understand key decisions of organizational design at different levels of analysis
 will able to comprehend what are the new trends of organization design and key challenges posed by the digital transformation
 will learn analytical frameworks to managing the main challenges in designing organizations

Propedeuticità: Principles of Management and International Accounting (ET0078)

The course is divided in 5 sections:

1. Organizations, stakeholders, effectiveness and ethics
2. Challenges of organizational design
3. Designing organizational structure (Authority and Control, Specialization and Coordination)
4. Organizational culture and change
5. Organizational learning and decision-making

The course material will consist of slides, case studies, articles and book chapters. Most of the material will be available online.
For each section there will be selected further readings useful for deepening the analysis.
Mandatory reading:
Gareth R. Jones, 2013, Organizational theory, design and Change, Pearson (7th ed.)
Chapters will be communicated during the first lesson and the list will be available in moodle

Written exam
Written exam is structured in 30 questions (multiple choice and structured questions) - 1 hour
A simulation of the exam will be delivered during the course.
JUNE 2020 EXAM SESSION: online written exam

Interactive approach based on:
Case Studies
Visual supported training
Preparation quiz
Key note speakers

English

written

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Circular economy, innovation, work" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development