ECONOMY AND BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. Course Guide: ORGANIZATION DESIGN

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1 FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ECONOMY AND BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Course Guide: ORGANIZATION DESIGN Academic Year: 2016/2017 ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Lecturer: Víctor Eduardo González Hernández 1

2 DETAILS OF THE COURSE Name: Organization Design Code: Plan: Degree in Administration and Business Management Level: Undergraduate Academic year: Formation cycle: Degree; 2 nd year Type: obligatory Credits: 6 Attendance hours of the student: 45 Non-attendance hours: 105 Total hours: 150 Use of virtual platform: Support to teaching LECTURER Name: Víctor Eduardo González Hernández Department: Economy and Business Office: 208 Building B Faculty of Economic victore@ual.es COURSE ACTIVITIES ATTENDANCE ACTIVITIES (IN-CLASS) Lecture Group: 31 hours Work Group: 14 hours NON-ATTENDANCE ACTIVITIES Autonomous work of the student: 105 hours TOTAL WORKING HOURS OF THE STUDENT: 150 HOURS Contents justification CONTEXT AND CONTENTS Organizations face a changing business environment and therefore need to adapt to new circumstances. The international crisis that has hit economy activity around the world since 2007 has raised fundamental questions about the international economic order, and has challenged assumptions about organizational design. For example, international economic liberalization combined with advances in information and communication technologies mean that companies do not need to be large in scale in order to compete internationally. So, developments such as this have served to provide insight that there is no single, effective way of designing and managing an organization. Therefore, the practical importance of organizational design makes it both a critical tool and an intellectually challenging area of study. Related Subjects Attached to Firm Organization Linked to: Financial Economy and Account; Commerce and Markets Research Previous knowledge: Introduction to Firm Management; Executive Skills. Prior Conditions: None. 2

3 COMPETENCIES THAT WILL BE ACQUIRED AND LEARNING RESULTS COMPETENCIES - Generic Competencies of the University of Almeria: Work in teams. - Others Generic Competencies: Knowledge widening; capacity for expressing opinions. - Specific Competencies: Basic knowledge for the profession; Capacity for analysis and design of firm structure. LEARNING RESULTS The subject will allow the student to: - Identify the main coordination mechanisms in the organization. - Understand the main parameters of organizational design. - Analyze the main environmental factors that affect organizations. - Analyze the possible strategic decisions that can be formulated in organizational matters. SECTION I. INTRODUCTION DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS: PROGRAMME CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN 1. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFIGURATON. 2. DIMENSIONS OF ORGANIZATION DESIGN. 3. ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT. Teaching: 1.7 hours Audiovisual Showing: 0.3 hours Answer to theoretical questions. CHAPTER 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE 1. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE. 2. INFORMATION-PROCESSING. 3. ORGANIZATION DESIGN ALTERNATIVES. 4. FUNCTIONAL, DIVISIONAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL. 5. MATRIX STRUCTURE. 6. HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE. 7. VIRTUAL NETWORK STRUCTURE. 8. HYBRID STRUCTURE. Teaching: 3 hours Debate: 0.5 hours Presentations of group Works: 0.5 hours 3

4 Search of information for the working group section. Answer to theoretical questions. SECTION II. EXTERNAL FACTORS AND DESIGN CHAPTER 3. THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 1. THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE UNCERTAINTY. 2. ADAPTING TO ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY. 3. FRAMEWORK FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSES TO UNCERTAINTY. 4. RESOURCE DEPENDENCE AND CONTROL. Teaching: 3 hours CHAPTER 4. INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS 1. ORGANIZATIONAL ECOSYSTEMS. 2. RESOURCE STRATEGIES. 3. COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS. 4. POPULATION ECOLOGY. 5. INSTITUTIONALISM Teaching: 3 hours CHAPTER 5. GLOBAL ORGANIZATION DESIGN 1. ENTERING THE GLOBAL ARENA. 2. DESIGNING STRUCTURES TO FIT GLOBAL STRATEGY. 3. BUILDING GLOBAL CAPABILITIES. 4. CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN COORDINATION AND CONTROL. 5. THE TRANSNATIONAL MODEL OF ORGANIZATION Teaching: 4 hours Audiovisual showing: 1 hour Voluntary design practice. SECTION III. INTERNAL FACTORS AND DESIGN CHAPTER 6 MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE TECHNOLOGIES 1. CORE ORGANIZATION MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY. 2. CONTEMPORANY APPLICATIONS. 3. CORE ORGANIZATION SERVICE TECHNOLOGY. 4. DEPARTMENT DESIGN. 4

5 5. WORKFLOW INTERDEPENDENCE AMONG DEPARTMENTS. 6. IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON JOB DESIGN Teaching: 5.50 hours Audiovisual showing: 0.5 hours CHAPTER 7. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CONTROL 1. INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKING AND CONTROL. 2. ADDING STRATEGIC VALUE: STRENGTHENING INTERNAL COORDINATION. 3. ADDING STRATEGIC VALUE: STRENGTHENING EXTERNAL COORDINATION. 4. IT IMPACT ON ORGANIZATION DESIGN. 5. FUTURE TRENDS. Teaching: 4 hours CHAPTER 8. ORGANIZATION SIZE AND LIFE CYCLE 1. ORGANIZATION SIZE: IS BIGGER BETTER? 2. ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE CYCLE. 3. ORGANIZATIONAL SIZE, BUREAUCRACY, AND CONTROL. 4. ORGANIZATIONAL DECLINE AND DOWNSIZING. Teaching: 4 hours METHODOLOGY 1. Lecture Group: The lecturer will introduce every unit. The presentations and texts with contents related to each topic will be available on WebCT. Students will read the texts at home or in class. The contents will be discussed in class. Additionally, audio-visual material (videos and movies) and electronic resources will be used to convey the theoretical contents. 2. Work Group: Discussion of case studies (previously provided by the professor through WebCT or Aula Virtual). The students will work in teams, reading and discussing the case in the classroom. Every team has to write a report answering the case questions, and later the teams must participate actively in the discussion and presentation of the cases 5

6 proposed, and the solution of specific problems. The cases are related to the chapters that comprise the program of the course. COMPETENCIES ASSESSMENT SYSTEM The course evaluation will consist of the following: - A final exam (which will represent 60% of the final grade). This exam at the end of the term will be a test with multiple choice questions. The minimum pass mark in this exam is 40% (the marking system will follow Spanish regulations: 0 10 points). Only students that achieve 4 or more will have their grades for teamwork/assignments added to generate a final overall grade. Those students who achieve less than 4 will fail overall. - Teamwork (which will represent 30% of the final grade): The students will work in teams (each one with a maximum of 5 students) during the Work Group sessions. Every session the teams will solve a Case Study. - Individual assignments (10% of the final grade): During the term, the students will complete some individual written assignments, which may include theoretical questions, practical cases or even debates in the virtual workspace of the subject. Also attendance is included in this issue. RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY RICHARD L. DAFT, JONATHAN MURPHY, HUGH WILLMOTT (2010): ORGANIZATION THEORY AND DESIGN. CENGAGE Learning. RICHARD L. DAFT. UNDERSTANDING THE THEORY AND DESIGN OF ORGANIZATIONS. CENGACE Learning. HALL, R. (2005): ORGANIZATIONS: STRUCTURES, PROCESSES, AND OUTCOMES. PEARSON PRENTICE-HALL. MINTZBERG, H. (1998): LA ESTRUCTURACIÓN DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES. ARIEL. BARCELONA. 6