Ateneo - UPO

Organization System
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

Candiotto R. (a cura di), Organizzazione Aziendale, Giappichelli, 2016

Further information can be found in the web page of the course

1. Knowledge and understanding: 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 recognize the influence of culture on members ' behaviour.2. Applying knowledge and understanding: the students will acquire the ability to apply knowledge in order to analyze the organizational structures. 3. Making judgments: the students will be able to apply the knowledge acquired, on both a theoretical and an operational basis, in order to make autonomous judgements about organizational effectiveness and human resource management.4. Communication skills: the students will acquire the ability to use the technical language in order to clearly communicate with both specialized and non-specialized interlocutors.5. Learning skills: the students will become familiar with the most important information sources and databases.

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

Different teaching tools will be used:
- traditional lessons in class;
- case studeis, where the theories are presented in real businees situations;
- guest speakers.
The course is interactive.In particular: 1. Knowledge and understanding: traditional face-to-face lessons and self-study based on teaching materials. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: exercises carried-out by the teacher during the course. 3. Making judgments: students will be stimulated to judge the strengths and weaknesses of the organizational instruments. 4. Communication skills: the meaning of the terms used will be explained. 5. Learning skills: every topic will be discussed beginning from the illustration of the problem and then analyzing the various possible solution.

Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/servicesstudents- physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects. When dealing with ESG aspects and the sustainability objective, the importance of good corporate governance will be highlighted in the various profiles, including gender equality.

Written Test (60minutes; 4 open-questions)1 knowledge and understanding: by written open questions. 2. applying knowledge and understanding: through exercise. 3. making judgements: by written open questions. 4. communication skills: by written open questions. 5. learning skills: through exercises

Organizations and Organizational Effectiveness
Organizational Theory, Design and Change
Organization-Environment relationship
Basic Challenges of Organizational Design: Differentiation, Balancing, Differentiation and Integration, Balancing Centralization and Decentralization.
Mechanistic and Organic Organizational Structures
Designing Organizational Structure: Functional Structure, Divisional Structure, Matrix Structure, Hybrid Structure, Network Structure and the Boundaryless Organization
Organizational Culture
Organizational Learning, Growth, and Change
Human Resource Management

1. Applying knowledge and understanding. The knowledge acquired during the course will allow the student to use the organizational skills and competences to be applied in the business cases. In particular, the student must acquire the business language of the company disciplines and be able to formulate the organizational analysis of the company processes. 2. Making judgments. The course will allow the student to develop an autonomy of judgment and will put the student in the conditions to express considerations regarding the organization and human resource management. 3. Communication skills. On the basis of the acquired knowledge, the student will be able to develop communication and relational skills for the business consulting activity and to perform evaluations. 4. Learning skills. The study of the discipline will allow the student to understand the dynamics of the company framing the analysis of the single business unity in a coordinated vision of the business facts and the economic environment in which the company carries out its activity