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2015/2016  BA-BHAAI1040U  Organization Theory and Design

English Title
Organization Theory and Design

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Bachelor
Duration Summer
Start time of the course Summer
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for BSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Course instructor - Dr. Gary Schwarz
    Sven Bislev - MSC
Main academic disciplines
  • Management
  • Organization
  • Strategy
Last updated on 10/08/2017
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors:
  • Assess an organization’s external environment
  • Design appropriate organizational structures
  • Select the appropriate leadership style and behavior
  • Understand how technology affects organizations
  • Build organizations for the international environment
  • Use power and politics for organizational purposes
Course prerequisites
No prerequisites
Prerequisites for registering for the exam
Number of mandatory activities: 1
Compulsory assignments (assessed approved/not approved)
The examination is mandatory. A feedback activitity defined by the course instructor will take place app. half-way through the course.
A preliminary assignment, to be completed before arrival, is offered to fulfil the 7.5 ECTS.
Examination
Organization theory and design:
Exam ECTS 7.5
Examination form Written sit-in exam
Individual or group exam Individual
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 4 hours
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Summer, Ordinary exam: 1-5 August 2016
Retake exam: Within two months from the ordinary exam.
Aids allowed to bring to the exam Open book: all written and electronic aids, including internet access
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take examination will be held as an oral examination instead.
4 hour written sit-in exam with a new exam question
Course content and structure

This course explores issues in organization design using both classic and contemporary theories. When looking around the world, one can find very different organizations, designed on highly divergent principles, succeeding in both national and international markets. While this shows that there is no single best way of designing and managing an organization certain approaches clearly work better in particular circumstances. This course analyzes how different organizations have dealt with diverse issues, as well as the pros and cons of their decisions. Its aim is to help students understand different approaches to organizational design. To illustrate the theories and facilitate student learning many practical examples and cases will be discussed. For the preliminary assignment students will prepare a write-up titled “What sort of organization would I like to work in?”

 

Class

Topic

Class 1

Preliminary Assignment / External Environment

Class 2

Fundamentals of Organization Structure

Class 3

Designing Organizations for the International Environment I

Class 4

Designing Organizations for the International Environment II

Class 5

Conflict, Power and Politics

Class 6

Feedback Activity

Class 7

Decision-Making Processes

Class 8

Leadership and Culture

Class 9

Organizing Teams I

Class 10

Organizing Teams II

Class 11

Comprehensive Review
Teaching methods
Each of the class topics will be introduced in a lecture. In most of the sessions, a case study about a company facing the issues at hand will be analyzed. In addition to presentations, interactive group exercises will be carried out and various videos will be shown.
Further Information

Preliminary Assignment: To help students get maximum value from ISUP courses, instructors provide a reading or a small number of readings or video clips to be read or viewed before the start of classes with a related task scheduled for class 1 in order to 'jump-start' the learning process.

 

The timetable is available on http://
Expected literature

Daft, R. L., Murphy, J., and Willmott, H. (2014). Organization Theory and Design (Second Edition). Stamford: Cengage Learning.

Austin, R. D. and Nolan, R. L. (2007). Bridging the gap between stewards and creators. MIT Sloan Management Review 48(2), 29-36.

 

Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A. and Wesson, M. J. (2015). Organizational Behavior (Fourth Edition). New York: McGraw-Hill. Chapter 14: Leadership styles and behavior, pp. 462-499.

 

McShane, S. L. and Von Glinow, M. A. (2010). Organizational Behavior (Fifth Edition). New York: McGraw-Hill. Chapter 8: Team dynamics, pp. 232-263.

 

Zenger, J. and Folkman, J. (2014). Seven habits of highly INeffective people. CNN. 4 pages.

 

Cases:

Costco

Beijing EAPs Consulting

Jollibee Foods Corporation

Kent Chemical

McKinsey

e-Types

Yahoo

Army Crew Team

Leo Burnett
Last updated on 10/08/2017