Organization Design

Course Description

Since we live in times of dynamic stability, organizational darwinism and organizations orientation on core business and outsourcing, besides application of network, virtual and process organizations, the aim of this course is to familiarize students with all relevant organizational design elements and methods of organizational design. In-depth study will include the characteristics of organizational structures, business processes and jobs of different companies and other organizations, with respect to their size, activity, geographic spreading and types of connections. Students will also be acquainted with the organizational design methodology.

General Competencies

Knowledge that students are going to adopt on this course is universally applicable on every company, bank, and institution both in the profit or non-profit sector.

Learning Outcomes

explain the importance and the role of organizations in everyday life
identify key design elements of organizations
illustrate various types of organizational structures
analyze and evaluate current organizational solution
apply various tools for designing organizations
reorganize and improve existing organizations
identify business processes
analyze jobs within an organisation

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Exams

Experimental Exercises

Consultations

Seminars

Acquisition of Skills

Other Forms of Group and Self Study

Grading Method

	Continuous Assessment		Exam
Type	Threshold	Percent of Grade	Threshold	Percent of Grade
Class participation	0 %	20 %	0 %	0 %
Seminar/Project	0 %	40 %	0 %	0 %
Mid Term Exam: Written	0 %	40 %	0 %
Exam: Written			100 %	100 %

Week by Week Schedule

Introduction to the Course
Definition and theories of organizations
External design elements
Internal design elements: strategy and technology
Internal design elements: size, lifecycle, people, location
Designing organizational structure
Designing organizational structure
Designing organizational structure
Designing organizational structure
Business process design
Business process design
Business process design
Work design
Work design
Work design