ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND BEHAVIOR
AIMS AND CONTENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course aims at introducing students to the main issues of organizational design and behavior.
Teaching methods
Lectures and case analysis
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 are required to study the following Italian textbook, chapter by chapter: G. Salvemini, 2017, Organizzazione aziendale, Egea, Milano (except from Introduction and chapters 4, 7, 13 e 16). Foreign non-attending students, however, may have an independent study of the subject by taking one of the following very different textbooks:
- Richard Daft, Organization Theory and Design, any edition.
- Gareth Morgan, Images of Organization, any edition.
- Herbert Simon, Administrative Behavior, any edition.
TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD
Ricevimento: WEDNESDAY 4:15 pm
Exam Board
ANGELO GASPARRE (President)
TERESINA TORRE
LORENZO MIZZAU
LESSONS
Teaching methods
Lectures and case analysis
LESSONS START
Sem: 2
February, 27th - June, 1st 2017
EXAMS
Exam description
Written exam (3 open questions, 45 min.)
Exam schedule
Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes |
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11/06/2021 | 09:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | |
25/06/2021 | 09:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | |
13/07/2021 | 08:00 | GENOVA | Scritto | |
07/09/2021 | 08:00 | GENOVA | Scritto |
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