OSD-P12

OSD-P12
PGDM 2012-14: Term-III

Organization Structure and Design Course Outline

1. Course Instructor: Dr. Andrew Dutta
Office: Room #072, TATA Centenary Learning Center,
XIM-B Campus.
Phone: +91-674-6647 798
adutta@ximb.ac.in
Meetings with prior appointment only

Secretary:
Ms. Sangeeta Barla
+91-674-6647 710
sangeeta@ximb.ac.in

2. Course Credit: This is a 2 credit core course for 100 marks over 13 sessions. Therefore, there would be 20 hours of classroom contact with the facilitator.

3. Course Description: This course provides in depth understanding on various issues pertaining to designing an effective organization. The participants would become aware about the practical applicability of the principles concerning the structuring of contemporary organizations in a complex, dynamic, uncertain and competitive environment. The course is intended to provide a broad based practical understanding to the participants in order to help them examine the effects of both internal and external factors that affect managerial choices for structuring the organizations.

4. Course Aims: This course aims to achieve the following for the participants:

· Generating awareness about the importance of organizational structure and design on internal organizational processes and overall effectiveness.
· Understand the relationships between organization structure and the behavior of those who work in them or otherwise interact with them.

5. Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of organization structure and design.

2. Develop skills for understanding the impact of environment, strategy, technology, and organizational size on organizational and inter-organizational relationships.

3. Demonstrate analytical skills in linking design/structure to performance.

6. Course Andragogy: Instructional methods for this course have been designed keeping in mind adult learning requirements.

This course would be delivered primarily through lectures by the instructor. Structured activities would be facilitated wherein the participants would be required to actively involve themselves for enhanced learning and experience. Case studies and assigned readings would be an integral part of this course.

7. Course Reading Materials: Understanding the Theory and Design of Organizations, 10th Edition

Richard L. Daft

(Recommended Text will be available for issue from the library on 2:1 ratio. As per the library’s suggestion, in case the book is critical for your learning, you may purchase your personal copy, which can be facilitated by the library.)

2. Additional assigned reading materials will be provided by the instructor in the class.

8. Course Session Plan:

1. Introduction
2. How a business creates value
3. How a business creates value though organization structure
4. Basic Organization types
5. Forms of Organization Structure-1
6. Forms of Organization Structure -2
7. Designing Business Unit-1
8. Designing Business Unit-2
9. Assessing External Environment-1
10. Assessing External Environment-2
11. Designing Organizations in International context-1
12. Designing Organizations in International context-2
13. Summing up

9. Course Evaluations: This course is offered for residential candidates. Therefore, NO MAKE-UP POLICY will be applicable for all participants. Hence, all participants are advised not to miss any evaluation components.

Participants would be evaluated based on the following components making a total of 100 marks

1. Mid Term Exam (25 marks)
2. Group Take-Home Case Study (35 marks)
3. End Term Exam (40 marks)

The

Mid Term Exam

would be conducted on the stipulated date notified by Dean Acad Office.

This would be a ‘multiple choice question’ exam wherein the participants would be required to select single option as their choice of correct answer. This would be a closed book, closed note exam. All questions would be from the assigned textbook and reading materials given in the class. There would be 25 questions with no negative marking.

The

Group

Take-Home Case Study

would be provided by the Instructor to all participants along with the case questions. A small group of 3 members each will be voluntarily formed by the participants. The group would be required to submit their analysis individually in type written,

hard copy format

within

on 1st March 2013 by 5:00 pm to Ms Sangeeta Barla.

Each written evaluation of the case analysis would be based on the following parameters:

1. Ability to identify the problem/issue
2. Justification for the arguments
3. Sustainability of the solutions offered
4. Quality of the written report

Participants are advised not to copy their analysis from any source. Any form of copying without proper citation would be construed as academic dishonesty and the participant would be disqualified from the evaluation component leading to assigning of Zero marks for that component. No negotiation will be undertaken in this regard.

The

End Term Exam

examination would be a comprehensive examination covering the entire course content. The exam will consist of application oriented questions with limited assigned space in the question-cum-answer booklet. This exam will be closed book for all participants.

10. Grading Pattern: The course will follow the grading pattern as approved and circulated by Dean Acad Office from time to time. Participants are advised to perform in accordance with their targeted grade for this course.

Dr. A. Dutta M.Com., PhD. is a Post Graduate in Business Finance from University of Calcutta and was awarded a Gold Medal for ranking first in the University and academic excellence. He completed his FPM from IIMT, specializing in Human Resource Management. Andrew was a Visiting Research Scholar to Bentley University, Massachusetts, USA where he developed his doctoral thesis in Management under Dr. M. Lynne Markus. Before joining academics, Andrew worked in the advertising industry. He has publications in reputed national and international journals and edited books along with presentations in national and international conferences. Apart from teaching and research, Andrew is also involved in training in corporate and Government sector and providing consultancy through XIMB. Presently, he is the Admissions Coordinator in XIMB. He has conducted training programs for senior management level in reputed companies like Vedanta Aluminium, Infosys, Paradeep Phosphates, NTPC, OTDC, CIFA, RWSS, Jindal Steel and Power Limited, Larsen and Toubro, NALCO, India Post and many others. He is also a Certified Assessment Center Assessor, Certified PCMM Assessor and Master Trainer for NACO-GFATM for HIV-AIDS counselors and Master Trainer for Dept. of Public Enterprises, Govt. of India for CSR training.

Created By: Debasis Mohanty on 12/24/2012 at 09:11 AM
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