Information Package

Ph.D. on Business Administration

MAND659

ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN

Course Code
MAND659
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
15
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelDoctorate Of Science
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS15
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Know how to increase organizational effectiveness.
  2. Know the components of organizational design.
  3. Know contingent design alternatives.
  4. Know the ways to increase coordination between departments and units.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThis course explains how organization should be designed to meet environmental demands. Nowadays, organizationals have to survive both complex and uncertain environments. Also they have to deal with various national and international pressures. In scope of this organizational design course students will learn how to design flexible organization stuctures suitable for dynamic environments.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Organizationsandorganizationstudies.
2nd Week Components of organizationalstructure.
3rd Week Structure Environment Relation 1
4th Week Structure Environment Relation 1
5th Week OrganizationalTechnology
6th Week Organizational Life Cycleand Size
7th Week StrategyandStructure
8th Week Midterm
9th Week CultureandStructure
10th Week Organizational Control
11th Week StructuralChange
12th Week Multi NationalStructures
13th Week Case Studies
14th Week Case Studies
15th Week General Review
Recommended or Required ReadingSözen,C.H. ve Basım, N.H. 2012. Örgüt Kuramları, 2.Baskı, Beta Yayınevi.
Scott, W.R. ve Davis, F.G.2007.Organizationsandorganizingrational, naturalandopensystemsperspectives, UpperSaddleRiver, New Jersey.
Thompson, James D. (2003) [1967]. Organizations in Action: Social Science Bases of Administrative Theory (With a new preface by Mayer N. Zald and a new introduction by W. Richard Scott ed.). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.
Designing Organizations by J. Galbraith, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1995.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 25
Assignment 1 15
Project 1 25
Total(%) 65
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 65
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 35
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam 1 200 200
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 80 80
Laboratory (including preparation) 1 80 80
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework
Take-home 1 50 50
Total Work Load456
Total Work Load / 30 (h)15.2
ECTS Credit of the Course15
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4
K1 X
K2
K3 X
K4 X
K5 X
K6 X
K7 X
K8
K9 X X X
K10 X
K11