Organisation Structures and Processes – An Active Learning Approach

Introduction.
<p>Section I: Identifying Structures:.</p>
<p>1. Nature of organisations:.</p>
<p>What is an organisation?.</p>
<p>Organisational structures.</p>
<p>Understanding an organisation′s design.</p>
<p>Organisational goals and effectiveness.</p>
<p>2. Designing an organisation′s structure:.</p>
<p>Differentiation.</p>
<p>Hierarchy.</p>
<p>Grouping activities.</p>
<p>Integration.</p>
<p>Control.</p>
<p>Section II: Changing Structures:.</p>
<p>1. Organisational structures:.</p>
<p>Types of organisational structure.</p>
<p>Life cycle of the organisation structure.</p>
<p>Authority, power and control.</p>
<p>The future.</p>
<p>2. Organisational change and its management.</p>
<p>Sources of innovation and change.</p>
<p>Planned organisational change and the environment.</p>
<p>Resistance to change.</p>
<p>Technology and change.</p>
<p>Section III: Communicating in Organisations:.</p>
<p>1. Communication systems.</p>
<p>Communication.</p>
<p>Models of communication.</p>
<p>Channels and networks.</p>
<p>Principal communication media.</p>
<p>Feedback and control.</p>
<p>Communication, information and technology.</p>
<p>2. Communication and the organisation.</p>
<p>Organisational concerns with information.</p>
<p>Communication and organisation structure.</p>
<p>Communicating change and culture.</p>
<p>Increasing efficiency of information and communication.</p>
<p>Section IV: Identifying and Changing Organisational Culture:.</p>
<p>1. Organisational culture.</p>
<p>Characteristics of organisational culture.</p>
<p>Types of organisational culture.</p>
<p>2. Culture in action.</p>
<p>What determines specific organisational cultures?.</p>
<p>Functions of organisational cultures.</p>
<p>Social responsibility and organisational culture.</p>
<p>Planning culture diversity.</p>
<p>3. Culture and change.</p>
<p>Strength of an organisational culture.</p>
<p>Managing culture.</p>
<p>Organisational culture change.</p>
<p>Models for understanding culture change.</p>
<p>Managing culture change.</p>
<p>Section V: Resources:.</p>
<p>Trevor Thompson Company.</p>
<p>The crisis of leadership at Apple Computer.</p>
<p>Chrysler′s new team structure.</p>
<p>Reorganizing the organisation.</p>
<p>Culture and performance at Jaguar Cars.</p>