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Course Name: Organization Structure and Design

Credits	2
Faculty Name	D.K. Bhattacharyya
Program	MBA
Academic Year and Term	2014-15, Term - III

1. Course Description

Effective structure and design of organization to a great extent helps an organization to achieve their business goals. Operationally effective organization structure and design ensures availability of manpower with requisite skills and competencies for job performance. Students after undergoing this course would develop better perspectives in comprehending various theoretical issues and determinants of effective organization structure and design. This course has inter-disciplinary linkages with strategies, conflict, culture, organizational development and change management issues. Obviously the course coverage will address those issues, both from the theoretical and operational perspectives, drawing lessons from the corporate practices.

2. Student Learning Outcomes (typically 3-5 bullet points)

Keeping in view its importance in a globalised era, and in a changing business environment, this course has been designed to achieve the following learning outcomes:

1. To understand various theoretical issues on organizational structure and design.
2. To develop knowledge and expertise in designing effective organization structure integrating learned theories with the corporate practices.
3. To understand structure-strategy linkages and how structure and design of organization gets affected for various issues like; culture, strategy, conflict, culture, change management, and organizational development issues.
4. To critically study the organizational structure of the selected organizations, and develop the alternative model, if at all required, based on the business focus of the organizations.
5. To solve case problems on organization structure and design.

1. Bhattacharyya, D.K. (2014), Organizational Behaviour, Oxford University Press, New Delhi


Further Readings

1. Bhattacharyya, D.K. (2009), Organization Systems, Structure and Design, Himalaya, Mumbai.
2. Bhattacharyya, D.K. (2011), Organizational Change and Development, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
3. Mintzberg, H. (1983). The Power Game and the Players. In Shafritz, J.M., Ott, J.S., & Jang, Y.S. (Eds). Classics of Organization Theory, 6th Ed., London: Thomson.
4. March, J.G. (1966). The Power of Power. In Shafritz, J.M., Ott, J.S., & Jang, Y.S. (Eds). Classics of Organization Theory, 6th Ed., London: Thomson.
5. Smircich, L. (1983). Concepts of Culture and Organizational Analysis. Administrative Science Quarterly, 28, 339-359.
6. Pettigrew, A.M. (1979). On Studying Organizational Cultures. Administrative Science Quarterly, 24,: 570-581.
7. Ouchi, W.G. (1991). The Z Organization. In Shafritz, J.M., Ott, J.S., & Jang, Y.S. (Eds). Classics of Organization Theory, 6th Ed., London: Thomson.
8. Brahamson, E., & Fombrun, C.J. (1994). Macro cultures: Determinants and consequences. Academy of Management Review, 19: 4, 728-755.2.

9. Stephen Robbins (2009), Organization Structure, Design and Applications, Pearson

Case Studies and Reading Materials – For discussions

1. Macquarie Bank Case Study – will be given to students
2. Wipro Case Study – will given to students
3. HBR Note on organization structure
4. Do you have a well designed organization? Michael Goold and Andrew Campbell, HBR, March 2002
5. Organization fashion or fit? Henry Mintzberg, HBR, January – February, 1981

Case Studies – For presentations in groups and to be purchased by XLRI

1. Siemens: Building a structure to drive performance and responsibility – Both Part A and Part B – HBR case SM-181A and 181B dated 10-9-20110.

4. Tentative Session Plan

Session Number	Topics/Activities	Reading/case list etc.
1 and 2	Understanding organization	Chapters 1, 2
3 and 4	Organization structure and design, drivers, principles, systems and strategies	Chapters 3, 4
5 and 6	Various determinants and parameters of organizational design, Types of organizational structure	Discussion on VSM, GBU and other models of organizational structure with case studies. Case Studies would be given in the class before the class
7	Impact of culture on organizational design and structure	Chapter-18
8	Organizational change and development issues	Chapter-19
9	Organizational power and conflict issues	Chapter-13
10	Organizational learning and developmental issues	Chapter-17
11	Quality Management Practices and Organizational Culture	Chapter-22
12, 13, 14	Case discussions and case presentations	Case Presentations would be in groups. HBR Case would be given in advance.

5. Evaluation

MCQs - 20
Projects - 20
Class Presentations - 20
End-term - 40


6. Academic Integrity

Students have to show highest level of academic integrity in writing their assignments, giving presentations, and answering to the exercises, including their end-term examination. Plagiarism, copying, etc, will be seriously viewed, and anybody found to be in this will be penalized, like; no grades, expulsion from the programme, repeating the programme, etc., depending on the nature of offense. Faculty will be available for on-line help also, as may be required by the students time to time. Personal meeting with the faculty, if required may be arranged with prior appointment.

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