Course 2016-2017 a.y.

Obiettivi formativi del corso

Programma sintetico del corso

• Organizzazione, strategia e vantaggio competitivo di impresa.
• Dimensioni di analisi e progettazione organizzativa.
• Modello di analisi del fit esterno ed interno.
• Modello di analisi e progettazione a partire dalle attività.
• Modello comparativo di analisi e progettazione organizzativa.
• Strategie di diversificazione e strutture organizzative.
• Strategie di internazionalizzazione e strutture organizzative.
• Forme di governo dei confini organizzativi.

Descrizione dettagliata delle modalità d'esame

• un caso con domande aperte e organigrammi da disegnare;
• un esercizio di progettazione (interna o esterna);
• una domanda aperta da scegliere fra due domande.

• Una prova scritta articolata su casi, esercizi e domande aperte.

Testi d'esame

• G. JONES, Organizzazione: teoria, progettazione, cambiamento, Edizione italiana a cura di G.SODA, Egea, 2012, 2a edizione, (con riferimento ai capitoli indicati nel programma).

• R. CAPPETTA (A CURA DI), Organizzazione di impresa, Egea 2016-17, (integra i contenuti del libro).

• G. JONES, Organizzazione: teoria, progettazione, cambiamento, Edizione italiana a cura di G.SODA, Egea, 2012, 2a edizione, (tutti i capitoli compresi i casi).

Course Objectives

Modern organizations carry out almost every task that we need in order to function as a society, from education, to healthcare, to security, to the production of goods and services. Many of the achievements of our world would not have been possible without a sophisticated understanding of how to organize vast amounts of resources and the efforts of vast numbers of people in order to carry out complex tasks. Symmetrically, many of the failures and disasters of modern society are the failures and disasters of organizations. The objective of this course is to give students the fundamental tools to understand how organizations operate, how they can be designed to achieve their goals, and what are the processes and the phenomena that affect their functioning. Some of them can be designed, but others can only be influenced. We do this by combining a rigorous theoretical approach with the discussion of cases, simulations and exercises that enable students to gain a solid understanding and command of the complexities of modern organizations, with a particular emphasis on the specificities of organizations operating in an international context.

Course Content Summary

• Differentiation, integration, centralization, standardization, authority and control;
• Basic organizational structure;
• Structure of international firms;
• Coordinating work by strategic linking.

• The role of social networks;
• Conflict;
• Aligning people's interests;
• Power and influence.

• Organizational culture;
• The role of national culture;
• Cultural adjustment in international assignments.

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Final grade will be determined as follows:

• Final exam (written): 100%.

The exam will be the same for both attending and non-attending students. The exam will consist of a case with 2 to 4 open questions related to the case, and /or 2 to 4 open questions that directly refer to material covered in the course. The exam will be based on:

• Readings listed in the syllabus and available through Course Reserve.
• Cases discussed in class and available through Course Reserve.
• All other materials distributed during classes or made available on the course e-learning space, unless otherwise specified.

Textbooks

• There is no textbook in this course but only readings listed in the syllabus and available through Course Reserve.
• Cases discussed in class and available through Course Reserve. 
• All other materials distributed during classes or made available on the course e-learning space, unless otherwise specified.