BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

00079L

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Disciplinary Sector:

Business Organisation

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ANTONELLI GILDA

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

153

Prerequisites:

none

Objectives

The course aims to provide students with a theoretical, methodological and applicative knowledge of:
- organizational problems related to different business contexts
- the models and tools necessary to carry out managerial, professional and consultancy analyzes and interventions of Organizational Assessment.

Furthermore, the teaching aims to encourage students in:
- the development of independent judgment in the analysis of organizational problems and of Organizational Assessment solutions;
- the development of the ability to understand the needs for change in the organization of work and the planning of business organizational forms;
- the possibility of experimenting the acquired knowledge in a professional and/or consultancy manner

Contents

The Business Organization course, which last of 72 hours of teaching, for a total of 9 credits, aims at addressing the issues of organizational design and analysis considering the perspectives of the different actors - individual, group, company and network - for structure and coordination. Particular attention is also paid to organizational theories of interpretation of organizational forms.

Extended Syllabus

The "Business Organization" course is structured in 72 hours of teaching for 9 CFU.
The specific contents of the course focus on the following topics:

Introduction, objectives and strategy and micro-structure of the work: 3 credits
In the first part of the course, the basic themes for the analysis and design of the processes of division of labor and coordination between multiple subjects of an economic system are addressed. The study focuses on the definition of organizational boundaries, the individual and aspects relating to the microstructure of the work. The characteristics of the micro-structure of work are addressed (at individual and group level) both in terms of the structure and the relationship and functioning mechanisms. The module also presents a review of the main lines of organizational study.

Organizational design: individual, group, company and network 3 credits
The second module presents the main tools for designing organizational structures and mechanisms for the coordination, control and change of corporate and inter-company forms. At the company level, the concepts of infrastructure, sociostructure and superstructure are analysed, through the examination of their constituent components. At the network level, intercompany issues are developed to identify the existing interdependencies between the company and the other actors in the economic system and to set up adequate coordination solutions.

New ways of working and project work: 3 ECTS
In the third module, process design and new working methods (smart working, hybrid working...) will be analysed. Attendees will also be engaged in a laboratory activity in which they will have to analyze the organizational structure of companies spitted in working groups.

Recommended Bibliography

For English speakers: Richard L. Daft (2020) Organization theory & design : an international perspective. Jonathan Murphy & Hugh Willmott. - 4. ed. - Andover : Cengage Learning EMEA, 9781473765900

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course will be organized with participatory lessons, discussions, individual and group exercises, scientific readings (using critical evaluation techniques) and problem solving of company case studies (national and international).

In particular, teaching is based on the following structure:

- Participatory lessons aimed at improving students' knowledge and understanding through the exposure of theories, conceptual models and managerial tools of Organizational Assessment; students are invited to participate in the discussion with independent judgment, expressing ideas, formulating questions, presenting examples;

- Company testimonials: entrepreneurs and managers are invited to participate as guest speakers in the lesson, to explore, thanks to their entrepreneurial and professional experiences, specific topics of the course and/or by presenting a company Case History.

- Case studies: students are divided into groups and face a case study, in the form of a text delivered by the teacher and/or videos available online, in which some "critical" situations illustrating the topics covered by the course are illustrated;

-Company visits: visits to the factories of some specific organizations in the area will be organized for students with the highest number of frequencies with the aim of gaining direct experience in the field

- Project work: attending students will measure themselves with a group project work; attending students will experiment in a group in a project work, analyzing real companies with the dual purpose of directly experimenting with the working group method (with the further aim of contributing to increase their transversal skills), and to develop the critical ability required in applying the theoretical contents learned to the company reality.
The result of the work will be presented in the classroom in order to also develop communication skills

- Individual study: students are recommended some textbooks, videos available online, company websites, functional to the development of autonomous learning skills

- Scientific readings: students are offered scientific readings in order to develop critical evaluation techniques

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Students who have followed at least 75% of the course will be considered "attending".
Intermediate learning assessments are provided for attending students. More precisely, the verification of the student's preparation will take place in two moments:
a) presentation of the results of the project work;
b) final written and/or oral assessment test.

The score obtained with the group project work will be added in absolute value to the result obtained in the final written/oral exam.

Non-attending students will be evaluated exclusively on the basis of the final oral exam.
The relevance of the answers to the questions asked, the quality of the contents, the ability to make connections with other topics covered by the program, the ability to report examples, the ownership of technical language and the overall expressive ability of the student will contribute to the evaluation of the oral interview.

Erasmus students will be able to choose to take the exam in English.

Contacts/More Information

Students with disabilities or with Specific Learning Disorders (DSA), accredited by the C_O_N___T_E___S_T_O service, can contact the teacher directly by following the procedure below:
The student sends an email to the teacher from his/her institutional email inbox and, in copy for information (c.c.) to the Service address (servizio.disabilitaedsa@unich.it) at least 15 days before the set date for the test, in which specify in the subject of the email "Request for adaptation of exam test" and attach the form (https://orientation.unich.it/sites/st11/files/modulo_richiesta_adaptatio...) containing all the necessary information ( data of the student and of the exam he intends to take, required measures, etc.) to agree, after consulting the Service Centre, the methods for carrying out the intermediate tests, exams, adopting any dispensatory forms or the use of compensatory tools provided for by current legislation and the specific University Guidelines.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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