BA6011-ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY, DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT |
ORGANIZATION AND ITS ENVIRONMENT |
Meaning of Organization – Need for existence – Organizational Effectiveness – Creation of Value –
Measuring Organizational Effectiveness – External Resources Approach, Internal Resources
Approach – Systems Approach and Technical Approach – HR Implications. |
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN |
Organizational Design – Determinants – Components – Types – Basic Challenges of Design –
Differentiation, Integration, Centralization, Decentralization, Standardization, Mutual Adjustment –
Mechanistic and Organic Structures – Technological and Environmental Impacts on Design –
Importance of Design – Success and Failures in design – Implications for Managers. |
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE |
Understanding Culture – Strong and Weak Cultures – Types of Cultures – Importance of Culture –
Creating and Sustaining Culture – Culture and Strategy – Implications for Practicing Managers.
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ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE |
Meaning – Forces for Change – Resistance to Change – Types and Forms of Change – Evolutionary
and Revolutionary Change – Change Process – Organization Development – HR Functions and
Strategic Change Management – Implications for Practicing Managers.
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ORGANIZATION EVOLUTION AND SUSTENANCE |
Organizational Life Cycle – Models of Transformation – Models of Organizational Decision making
– Organizational Learning – Innovation, Intrapreneurship and Creativity – HR Implications. |
Text Books |
1. Gareth R.Jones, Organizational Theory, Design & Change, Pearson Education, 7th Edition
2008.
2. Richard L. Daft, Understanding the theory & Design of Organizations, Cengage Learning
Western, 7th Edition 2008. |
Reference Books |
1. Thomson G. Cummings and Christopher G. Worley, Organizational development and
Change, South Western Thompson, 2007
2. Robbins Organization Theory; Structure Design & Applications, Prentice Hall of India, 2005.
3. Bhupen Srivastava, Organizational Design and Development: Concepts application,
Biztantra, 2007.
4. Adrian ThornHill, Phil Lewis, Mike Millmore and Mark Saunders, Managing
Change –A Human Resource Strategy Approach, Wiley, 2005 |