Description:

Organizational design is the process used to manage structure and culture, ensuring that goals and strategies are implemented, executed, and evaluated. It involves choices associated with control, technology, coordination, and decision-making. This course examines how to design organizations to enhance productivity, achieve organizational effectiveness, and create a competitive advantage. Topics include when to use functional, divisional, or matrix organizations, how technology creates new organizational possibilities, and current challenges associated with the design of organizations in the context of globalization, social responsibility, responsiveness, the digital workplace, and diversity.