The course focuses on three core topics:
1) fundamentals of organizational design: design logics and processes, environmental influence on organizational decisions, technological issues;
2) micro-organizational design and relationships between organizational units: roles and tasks planning, team management, interdependencies and coordination mechanisms;
3) macro-structure design: organizational models with single and multiple criteria, other models and specific organizations.
Course Content - Last names F-O
The course focuses on three core topics: 1) fundamentals of organizational design: design logics and processes, environmental influence on organizational decisions, technological issues; 2) micro-organizational design and relationships between organizational units: roles and tasks planning, team management, interdependencies and coordination mechanisms; 3) macro-structure design: organizational models with single and multiple criteria, other models and specific organizations.
Course Content - Last names P-Z
The course focuses on three core topics:
1) fundamentals of organizational design: design logics and processes, environmental influence on organizational decisions, technological issues;
2) micro-organizational design and relationships between organizational units: roles and tasks planning, team management, interdependencies and coordination mechanisms;
3) macro-structure design: organizational models with single and multiple criteria, other models and specific organizations.
Bonti M., Cavaliere V., Cori E. (2020): Lineamenti di organizzazione aziendale, Egea, Milano.
Students enrolled in old programmes requiring the 6 credit-exam will have to study the following text:
D’Anna R. (2015): Elementi di progettazione organizzativa e di programmazione del personale, Giappichelli (except for Chap. 6, Part 3, “L’organizzazione per Processi” pp. 211-236; Chap. 2 and Chap. 3, Part 2, “La leadership e lo stile con cui è condotta” e “La capacità decisionale da predisporre” pp. 105-131).
Bonti M., Cavaliere V., Cori E. (2020): Lineamenti di organizzazione aziendale, Egea, Milano.
Students enrolled in old programmes requiring the 9 or 6 credit-exam will have to study the following text:
Gli studenti iscritti ai vecchi Corsi di Laurea con esame da 9 e 6 CFU dovranno studiare:
9CFU
D'Anna, R. (2015). Elementi di progettazione organizzativa e di programmazione del personale, Giappichelli Editore, Torino (escluso il capitolo 2 e il 3 della seconda parte, cioè "La leadership e lo stile con cui è condotta; "La capacità decisionale necessaria", e il capitolo 6 della parte terza: L'organizzazione per processi) al quale si aggiungono i seguenti articoli (già messi a disposizione degli studenti che hanno sostenuto l'esame lo scorso A.A.):
Schein, E.H., (1984). Cultura organizzativa e processi di cambiamento aziendale, Sviluppo & Organizzazione, n. 84;
Ostinelli, C. (1995). La mappatura e l'analisi dei processi gestionali: al cuore dell'activity-based management, Liuc Papers n. 22, Serie Economia Aziendale;
Cocco, G.C. (1978). L'Assessment Center: cos'è, come funziona, Sviluppo & Organizzazione, n. 47.
Burns T., Stalker G.M., “Sistemi meccanici e sistemi organici di direzione”, in Fabris A., Martino F. (1974), Progettazione e sviluppo delle organizzazioni, Etas, Milano.
Per i 6 CFU:
D'Anna R. (2015): Elementi di progettazione organizzativa e di programmazione del personale, Giappichelli (esclusi il Cap. 6, parte 3, "L'organizzazione per Processi" da pag. 211 a pag. 236 e il Cap. 2 e Cap. 3, Parte 2, "La leadership e lo stile con cui è condotta" e "La capacità decisionale da predisporre" da pag. 105 a pag. 131).
In order to sit the 9 ects exam, the following material is mandatory:
1) Bonti M., Cavaliere V., Cori E. (2020): Lineamenti di organizzazione aziendale, Egea, Milano.
2) Additional material available on the e-learning platform (password: 2021OA_P-Z). Please note that the additional materials are mandatory and do not substitute the content of the book.
In order to sit the old programme 9 and 6 ects-exam, students are required to study the following:
9 ects:
D’Anna R. (2015): Elementi di progettazione organizzativa e di programmazione del personale, Giappichelli (except for Chap. 2 and 3, Second part, that is “La leadership e lo stile con cui è condotta”; “La capacità decisionale necessaria”, and Chap. 6, Third part “L'organizzazione per processi”) plus the following papers:
(i) Schein, E.H., (1984). Cultura organizzativa e processi di cambiamento aziendale, Sviluppo & Organizzazione, n. 84;
(ii) Ostinelli, C. (1995). La mappatura e l'analisi dei processi gestionali: al cuore dell'activity-based management, Liuc Papers n. 22, Serie Economia Aziendale;
(iii) Cocco, G.C. (1978). L'Assessment Center: cos'è, come funziona, Sviluppo & Organizzazione, n. 47.
(iv) Burns T., Stalker G.M., "Sistemi meccanici e sistemi organici di direzione", in Fabris A., Martino F. (1974), Progettazione e sviluppo delle organizzazioni, Etas, Milano.
6 ects:
D'Anna R. (2015): Elementi di progettazione organizzativa e di programmazione del personale, Giappichelli (except for Chap. 2 and 3, Second part, that is “La leadership e lo stile con cui è condotta”; “La capacità decisionale necessaria”, and Chap. 6, Third part “L'organizzazione per processi”).
Learning Objectives - Last names A-E
The course aims to help the student acquire the basic knowledge on organizational design, related to the different logics, processes and approaches to micro and macro-design, as well as to the main organizational models, from the most traditional to the most innovative. Moreover, the course has the goal to develop students’ skills useful to understand and assess the challenges that businesses face when defining the micro and macro organizational structure; it also aims to develop the ability to identify possible solutions to the main problems of firms’ organization design.
Grounding also on the use of innovative teaching methods (guided discussions, seminars, case analysis, subjective insights, etc.), the course intends to develop behavioral skills, soft skills, such as teamwork, goal orientation, self-management, etc.
Learning Objectives - Last names F-O
The course aims to help the student acquire the basic knowledge on organizational design, related to the different logics, processes and approaches to micro and macro-design, as well as to the main organizational models, from the most traditional to the most innovative. Moreover, the course has the goal to develop students’ skills useful to understand and assess the challenges that businesses face when defining the micro and macro organizational structure; it also aims to develop the ability to identify possible solutions to the main problems of firms’ organization design.
Grounding also on the use of participative teaching methods (guided discussions, seminars, case analysis, subjective insights, etc.), the course intends to develop behavioral skills, soft skills, such as teamwork, goal orientation, self-management, etc.
Learning Objectives - Last names P-Z
Grounding also on the use of partecipative teaching methods (guided discussions, seminars, case analysis, subjective insights, etc.), the course intends to develop behavioral skills, soft skills, such as teamwork, goal orientation, self-management, etc.
Prerequisites - Last names A-E
NONE
Prerequisites - Last names F-O
None
Prerequisites - Last names P-Z
None
Teaching Methods - Last names A-E
The course uses participative teaching methods, based on guided discussion and interaction between students. Therefore, inductive learning models will be adopted, through which, while reflecting on examples and case studies, the students can understand organizational principles, techniques, and models, addressed in the classroom and presented in the course materials.
Teaching Methods - Last names F-O
The course uses participative teaching methods, based on guided discussion and interaction between students. Therefore, inductive learning models will be adopted, through which, while reflecting on examples and case studies, the students can understand organizational principles, techniques, and models, addressed in the classroom and presented in the course materials.
Teaching Methods - Last names P-Z
The course uses participative teaching methods, based on guided discussion and interaction between students. Therefore, inductive learning models will be adopted, through which, while reflecting on examples and case studies, the students can understand organizational principles, techniques, and models, addressed in the classroom and presented in the course materials.
Further information - Last names A-E
The teaching mode delivery (in presence or remotely) and the related technical information on participation in lessons abide with the rules provided by the University and the School, to which reference should be made.
Moodle password: 2021OA_A-E
Further information - Last names F-O
La modalità di erogazione in presenza o in remoto e le relative informazioni tecniche sulla partecipazione alle lezioni derivano dalle disposizioni di Ateneo e della Scuola, cui si rimanda.
Chiave moodle: 2021OA_F-O
Further information - Last names P-Z
The teaching mode delivery (in presence or remotely) and the related technical information on participation in lessons abide with the rules provided by the University and the School, to which reference should be made.
Moodle password: 2021OA_P-Z
Type of Assessment - Last names A-E
The exam will be based on a written test and a subsequent oral exam for those who pass the written test. The contents of the exam will cover the entire program.
The examination method and the tests will be the same for attending and non-attending students.
For those who will sit the 6 credit-exam, the test will be only written and will focus on the textbook indicated in the "Reference Texts" section.
The written test will last no more than 60 minutes. The multiple-choice questions will be a maximum of 20; the open-ended questions will be at most 5. The structure of the test will not change during the year (June 2021-February 2022); the number of questions may instead change within the scheduled interval and will in any case be communicated at the beginning of the exam.
The oral exam, which can only be accessed after successfully passing the written test, is MANDATORY for those who have PASSED THE TEST and consists of an interview.
The LEARNING EVALUATION will take place following these criteria.
Regarding the multiple-choice questions:
a) Each correct answer will result in the attribution of 1 point;
b) Each wrong answer will result in a penalty of 0.20 points;
c) Any answer skipped or left blank does not involve any penalty.
Regarding the open-ended questions:
the weight of each question will be indicated next to it (e.g. it is worth 2 points or worth 3 points, etc.).
For the oral interview questions:
a) Completeness in the discussion of the topic (It means the completeness in the articulation of the answer with respect to the contents of the question).
b) Language (This refers to the ability to express concepts using an appropriate and technical language, or using the correct terminology and meaning instead of generic statements).
c) Critical re-elaboration of the information presented in the course materials (It means the ability to explain concepts without repeating the contents of the materials in a slavish way, but giving proof of having understood the topic).
These criteria will also be considered in the evaluation of the open questions of the written test.
The ASSESSMENT OF THE WRITTEN TEST will be given by the sum of the results of the assessments of the closed and open questions. In order to pass the written test it is necessary to reach 18/30 points. This evaluation, useful exclusively to access the oral exam, is communicated to the student in the form “ADMITTED TO THE ORAL TEST”/"INSUFFICIENT".
THE FINAL RESULT, including the sum of the evaluation of the written and oral tests, is expressed out of thirty with possible mention of honors or in the “rejected” mode.
This final evaluation will be entered in the online system and visible on the student’s personal page who, in accordance with the law, can accept or reject the evaluation.
Type of Assessment - Last names F-O
The exam will be based on a written test and a subsequent oral exam for those who pass the written test. The contents of the exam will cover the entire program.
The examination method and the tests will be the same for attending and non-attending students.
For those who will sit the 6 credit-exam, the test will be only written and will focus on the textbook indicated in the "Reference Texts" section.
The written test will last no more than 60 minutes. The multiple-choice questions will be a maximum of 15; the open-ended questions will be at most 5. The structure of the test will not change during the year (June 2021-February 2022); the number of questions may instead change within the scheduled interval and will in any case be communicated at the beginning of the exam.
The oral exam, which can only be accessed after successfully passing the written test, is MANDATORY for those who have PASSED THE TEST and consists of an interview.
The LEARNING EVALUATION will take place following these criteria.
Regarding the multiple-choice questions:
a) Each correct answer will result in the attribution of 1 point;
b) Each wrong answer will result in a penalty of 0.20 points;
c) Any answer skipped or left blank does not involve any penalty.
Regarding the open-ended questions:
the weight of each question will be indicated next to it (e.g. it is worth 2 points or worth 3 points, etc.).
For the oral interview questions:
a) Completeness in the discussion of the topic (It means the completeness in the articulation of the answer with respect to the contents of the question).
b) Language (This refers to the ability to express concepts using an appropriate and technical language, or using the correct terminology and meaning instead of generic statements).
c) Critical re-elaboration of the information presented in the course materials (It means the ability to explain concepts without repeating the contents of the materials in a slavish way, but giving proof of having understood the topic).
These criteria will also be considered in the evaluation of the open questions of the written test.
The ASSESSMENT OF THE WRITTEN TEST will be given by the sum of the results of the assessments of the closed and open questions. In order to pass the written test it is necessary to reach 18/30 points. This evaluation, useful exclusively to access the oral exam, is communicated to the student in the form “ADMITTED TO THE ORAL TEST”/"INSUFFICIENT".
THE FINAL RESULT, including the sum of the evaluation of the written and oral tests, is expressed out of thirty with possible mention of honors or in the “rejected” mode.
This final evaluation will be entered in the online system and visible on the student’s personal page who, in accordance with the law, can accept or reject the evaluation.
Type of Assessment - Last names P-Z
The exam will be based on a written test and a subsequent oral exam for those who pass the written test. The contents of the exam will cover the entire program.
The examination method and the tests will be the same for attending and non-attending students.
For those who will sit the 6 credit-exam, the test will be only written and will focus on the textbook indicated in the "Reference Texts" section.
The written test will last no more than 60 minutes. The multiple-choice questions will be a maximum of 15; the open-ended questions will be at most 5. The structure of the test will not change during the year (June 2021-February 2022); the number of questions may instead change within the scheduled interval and will in any case be communicated at the beginning of the exam.
The oral exam, which can only be accessed after successfully passing the written test, is MANDATORY for those who have PASSED THE TEST and consists of an interview.
The LEARNING EVALUATION will take place following these criteria.
Regarding the multiple-choice questions:
a) Each correct answer will result in the attribution of 1 point;
b) Each wrong answer will result in a penalty of 0.20 points;
c) Any answer skipped or left blank does not involve any penalty.
Regarding the open-ended questions:
the weight of each question will be indicated next to it (e.g. it is worth 2 points or worth 3 points, etc.).
For the oral interview questions:
a) Completeness in the discussion of the topic (It means the completeness in the articulation of the answer with respect to the contents of the question).
b) Language (This refers to the ability to express concepts using an appropriate and technical language, or using the correct terminology and meaning instead of generic statements).
c) Critical re-elaboration of the information presented in the course materials (It means the ability to explain concepts without repeating the contents of the materials in a slavish way, but giving proof of having understood the topic).
These criteria will also be considered in the evaluation of the open questions of the written test.
The ASSESSMENT OF THE WRITTEN TEST will be given by the sum of the results of the assessments of the closed and open questions. In order to pass the written test it is necessary to reach 18/30 points. This evaluation, useful exclusively to access the oral exam, is communicated to the student in the form “ADMITTED TO THE ORAL TEST”/"INSUFFICIENT".
THE FINAL RESULT, including the sum of the evaluation of the written and oral tests, is expressed out of thirty with possible mention of honors or in the “rejected” mode.
This final evaluation will be entered in the online system and visible on the student’s personal page who, in accordance with the law, can accept or reject the evaluation.
Course program - Last names A-E
The program will address the following topics in detail:
-Organizational design: introduction
-Organizational design, environments, and uncertainty
-Technology
-The design of the micro-structure: introduction
-Tasks and roles design
-Teams’ design
-The management of interdependencies and coordination mechanisms
- The design of the macro-structure: introduction
- Single criteria-organizational forms
- Multiple criteria-organizational forms
-Process-driven organization and lean thinking
-Organizational design in small and medium enterprises
-The management of inter-organizational relationships
Course program - Last names F-O
The program will address the following topics in detail:
- Organizational design: introduction
- Organizational design, environments, and uncertainty
- Technology
- The design of the micro-structure: introduction
- Tasks and roles design
- Teams’ design
- The management of interdependencies and coordination mechanisms
- The design of the macro-structure: introduction
- Single criteria-organizational forms
- Multiple criteria-organizational forms
- Process-driven organization and lean thinking
- Organizational design in small and medium enterprises
- The management of inter-organizational relationships
Course program - Last names P-Z
The program will address the following topics in detail:
- Organizational design: introduction
- Organizational design, environments, and uncertainty
- Technology
- The design of the micro-structure: introduction
- Tasks and roles design
- Teams’ design
- The management of interdependencies and coordination mechanisms
- The design of the macro-structure: introduction
- Single criteria-organizational forms
- Multiple criteria-organizational forms
- Process-driven organization and lean thinking
- Organizational design in small and medium enterprises
- The management of inter-organizational relationships