ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES

The aim of this course is to introduce students to fundamental questions and approaches in the design of international organizations. The course will provide theoretical and practical knowledge on what organizational design is, what are the main dimensions, decisions, organizational solutions at different levels of analysis and intervention.

The course provides students with research, knowledge, cases and models to understand the organization of a company in an international environment and the decisions that a manager must make in the corporate internationalization process. The course will develop an in-depth analysis of organization design in international companies and stimulate critical discussion.
In particular, students:
- will learn what organizational design means, what are the main dimensions of organizational design based on the main theories of the organization
- will understand key organizational design decisions at different levels of analysis
- will learn analytical frameworks to manage the main challenges in the design of international organizations

Basic knowledge on strategy and organization theories

The course comprises five sections:
- Introduction to organization design, structural and contextual dimensions
- Main challenges of organization design
- Internationalization strategy and entry modes
- Organizational structures in international contexts
- Organizational culture

The course material is composed by slides, case studies, scientific articles, and book chapters. Most of the material will be available online through the platform Moodle.

Book chapters:
• Daft R, 2008, Organization Theory and design, South Western (Chapter 1-Introduction to organization)
• Gareth R. Jones, 2013, Organizational theory, design and Change, Pearson (7th ed.) (Chapter 4 - Basic Challenges of Organizational Design; Chapter 5 - Designing Organizational Structure: Authority and Control; Chapter 7 - Creating and Managing Organizational Culture)
• Cullen J.B., Parboteeah K.P., 2009, International Business Strategy and the Multinational Company, Routledge (Chapter 2 - Strategy and the MNC; Chapter 9 - Entry Strategies for MNCs; Chapter 13 - Organizational Structures for MNCs)

Assignments during the course and oral exam

Interactive approach based on
Case studies
Video
Key note speaker

English

oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development