LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims at introducing students to the main issues of organizational design and behavior.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims at introducing students to the main issues of organizational design and behavior.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

• Aims and methods of organizational analysis
• People in organizations: personality, values, behaviour
• Design choice and organizational architectures
• Organizational culture and cultural diversity
• Perception, action and organizational identity
• Rationality in organizational action and decision processes
• Teamwork and teamwork issues
• Organizational knowledge and internal communication
• Power and leadership
• Motivation and organizational performance
• Conflict and negotiation
• Organizational change

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Attending students may refer to the section in Italian of this webseite. Foreign students may refer to the following textbooks:

• Burton R.M., Obel B., Håkonsson D. D., Organizational design. A step-by-step approach, Cambridge University Press, 2021 (for the organization design part)
• Robbins S.P. & Judge T.A., Organizational Behavior, any edition (for the organizational behavior part)

Exam Board

LORENZO MIZZAU (President)

TERESINA TORRE

ANGELO GASPARRE

LESSONS START

Second semester

ORARI

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Vedi anche:

ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND BEHAVIOR A

Exam schedule