Organisations and Work Methods II (21788)

Year: 2nd
Term: 3rd
Number of ECTS credits: 6
Student hours: 150

Syllabus

This course is a continuation of Organisations and Work Methods I, which is an introduction to the firm, its management and its basic processes.

The course introduces the firm's external organisation, which is presented to the public and is represented in an organisation chart. The aim is to learn how organisations are designed and how they work.

1. Strategy.

  1. Classical organisation principles.
  2. Organisation designs.
  3. How organisations work:

4.1. The parts of an organisation.

4.2. Coordination mechanisms.

4.3. Organisations' systems of flows.

  1. Organisation design parameters.
  2. Contingency factors.
  3. Basic structural configurations.