Organisation Theory and Practice
Duration:
1 Teaching Period
Unit Code:
MGT30009
Contact Hours:
Recommended 10 hours of study per week
About this unit
This unit explores the nature of organisations and their interactions and co-evolution with complex contemporary environments. Representative themes include the exploration of the structural dimensions of organisations; how organisational design accommodates a stakeholder approach; and the need for organisational design to respond to emergent local and global agendas.
Content
- Dimensions of organisational design: structure vs contingency
- The evolution of organisation theory and design
- Operating model canvas; Interpretations of value creation and organisational effectiveness
- The role of structure in organisations
- Decision-making systems, internal coordination, organisational configuration
- Organisational culture; Social capital building across diverse groups
- Governance, and implications for Sustainability, values and ethics
- Emergent organisational design, Organisations as Open systems
- Inter-organisational relationships, resource dependence and collaborative networks
- Organisational Change: Managing change effectively
- Organisations as political systems, managing conflict
- Governance for effective, sustainable organisations
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