Organizzazione aziendale - eng

ORGANIZATION THEORY AND DESIGN

Prof. Roberto Candiotto

Course Code: EA074
Subject code: SECS – P/10
8 ECTS – 64 hours
Location: Novara





•    Language
Italian

•    Content of the course
Organization system
External and internal environment
The role of strategic direction in organization design
Dimensions of organization design
Fundamentals of organization structure
Process Management
Planning and control systems, information systems and human resource policies

•    Course Texts
R. Candiotto (a cura di), Il sistema organizzativo aziendale, Giappichelli, 2014

•    Educational aims
The course aims at providing tools:
-    to understand how managers can utilize the principle of organization theory to design and change their organizations to achieve the basic goals of the firm and to increase organizational effectiveness
-    to appreciate the way in which several contingency factors influence the design of organizations
-    to comprehend how to use the key elements of organization design to create effective organizations
-    to recognise the influence of culture on members’ behaviour.

•    Prerequisites
Students can effectively attend lessons with an appropriate knowledge of Business Administration principles.

•    Teaching methods
Lectures and guided discussions based on business cases

•    Other information
Course attendance is facultative

•    Examination
Written test

•    Extended program
-    Organization system
-    External and internal environment
The external environment
The internal environment
Environmental uncertainty
-    The role of strategic direction in organization design
-    Dimensions of organization design
Specialization
Grouping
Hierarchy
Decentralization
Coordination
Formalization
-    Fundamentals of organization structure
Simple structure
Functional structure
Modified functional structures
Divisional structure
Matrix structure
-    Process Management
-    Planning and control systems, information systems and human resource policies