In this course you will build a practical framework to understand the critical linkages between organization design and the creation of economic value through execution. We will focus on four critical linkages:
1. How organizational growth and life cycle require design changes to improve execution
2. How managerial decision making can be improved through better organization design
3. How the design of human resource practices shape the culture of the organization
4. How innovation and change can be facilitated through organization design
These linkages are critical in assessing how managers make sure that the organizations they design can execute the strategies they have envisioned under changing environmental conditions.
Learners will be able to answer the following:
• What are the managerial implications of organizational growth and life cycle?
• How do you improve managerial decision making through organizational design?
• How do human resource management policies shape organizational culture?
• How do organizations plan for top management succession and change?
• How do you know that your organization design is not effective?
• How do you manage organizational change and innovation?
This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu.
This course is part of the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization
Managing the Organization: From Organizational Design to Execution
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About this Course
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Skills you will gain
Organization DesignManagement TheoryDecision-MakingOrganizational Structure
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
11 hour to complete
Course Orientation
You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.
1 video (Total 3 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz
6 readings
Syllabus10m
About the Discussion Forums10m
Glossary10m
Descriptions of Firms Discussed in This Course10m
Updating Your Profile10m
Social Media10m
1 practice exercise
Orientation Quiz10m
2 hours to complete
Module 1: Organizational Life Cycle – Innovation, Change, and Redesign
What happens to organizations as they grow, and how should managers respond to needs for change to cope with the consequences of growth? Organization design cannot be static and requires constant evaluation in terms of its ability to execute managerial strategies.
12 videos (Total 72 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
12 videos
1-1.1: The Case of Facit6m
1-1.2: Why Organizations Grow and What Happens6m
1-1.3: Life Cycle Process15m
1-1.4: Symptoms of Ineffective Design2m
1-1.5: Alternative Corrective Actions4m
1-2.1: Introduction to Change5m
1-2.2: Rational Elements9m
1-2.3: Emotional Elements4m
1-2.4: Situational Elements10m
1-2.5: The Logic of Organizational Change3m
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2 readings
Module 1 Overview10m
Module 1 Readings10m
1 practice exercise
Module 1 Quiz20m
Week
22 hours to complete
Module 2: Managerial Decision Making and Organization Design
How can managers design organizations in order to make effective decisions? The answer to this question requires a clear understanding of cognitive limitations of managers and how managerial practices can be developed to overcome them.
8 videos (Total 79 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
8 videos
2-1.1: Decision Making in an Organization12m
2-1.2: Prescriptive Models11m
2-1.3: Descriptive Models8m
2-2.1: Fundamental Attribution Error and Related Fallacies15m
2-2.2: Biases Related to Availability & Representativeness Heuristics12m
2-2.3: Critical Traps in Decision Making6m
2-2.4: Organizational Consequences and Managerial Action10m
2 readings
Module 2 Overview10m
Module 2 Readings10m
1 practice exercise
Module 2 Quiz20m
Week
34 hours to complete
Module 3: Managing Human Resources – Building Culture and Identity in Organizations
Why is organizational culture important, and which critical processes are responsible for it? We will approach this question by looking at the human resource practices of organizations that shape the nature of human interactions and perpetuate organizational culture.
10 videos (Total 63 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes
10 videos
3-1.1: What Is Culture?4m
3-1.2: Organizational Culture5m
3-1.3: What Is the Relationship between Culture and Values?6m
3-1.4: Major Drivers of Culture3m
3-1.5: Values, Culture, and Value Creation6m
3-2.1: Finding the Right People and Retaining Them Human Resources8m
3-2.2: High Commitment Workforce Perspective4m
3-2.3: High Flexibility Workforce Practice17m
3-2.4: Which Philosophy Is Better?4m
2 readings
Module 3 Overview10m
Module 3 Readings10m
1 practice exercise
Module 3 Quiz20m
Week
42 hours to complete
Module 4: Top Management Teams, Managerial Succession, and Organizational Consequences
How do organizations select, develop, and promote individuals to build effective top management teams? We will explore topics such as managerial succession, managerial careers, and the talent management tools that are used to build the execution capabilities of organizations.
9 videos (Total 67 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
9 videos
4-1.1: The Top Management Team7m
4-1.2: Leadership Succession at Yahoo10m
4-1.3: Key Elements of Leadership Development12m
4-2.1: New CEOs & Organizational Tensions10m
4-2.2: Changing Roles of Senior Managers6m
What Did We Cover in Course 1?8m
What Did We Cover in Course 2?7m
Final Comments2m
2 readings
Module 4 Overview10m
Module 4 Readings10m
1 practice exercise
Module 4 Quiz20m
4.6
69 ReviewsTop Reviews
A well presented course for implementing strategy related to the elements from organizational design to execution. This course stresses the importance and necessity of an integrated process that is
A good course for those interested in some of the basic concepts that underly why senior executives make the decisions they do regarding organizational design and management.
Instructors
Huseyin Leblebici
Professor of Business AdministrationUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign College of Business Department of Business Administration
Michael Bednar
Associate ProfessorBusiness Administration
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About the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization
Enhance leadership and business skills for immediate impact. Practice everyday leadership, manage people, learn and apply concepts and techniques to effectively manage organizations through organizational design, and formulate and implement strategy.
Through the courses in this specialization, you will learn the fundamentals to effectively lead people and teams, manage organizations as well as tools to analyze business situations and develop strategies. The Specialization covers the strategic, human resource, and organizational foundations for creating and capturing value for sustainable competitive advantage – including how to manage people and organizations, analyze the competition, and develop strategies both within a business and across a portfolio of businesses.
The capstone is a strategic leadership and management plan where you’ll apply what you will learn to an actual business situation with participation by one or more focal companies. The deliverable will be designed to create value from the perspective of potential employers while achieving pedagogical and experiential goals for learners.
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