GOALS of the course
The course aims to reach the following goals:
- to highlight the peculiariaties of the "Organization" as a field of study and the specialized studies of "Business Organization";
- to provide some essential cognitive elements for dealing with the study of organizational literature and its evolution;
- to develop and to deepen the main thematic areas which, according to the distinction adopted in the mainstream approach, refer to the teaching of Business Organization, i.e. organizational design. In particular, the following organizational design choices will be analyzed in detail: work organization, work processes (intra-organizational relationships design), business structures, information systems and organizational boundaries (inter-organizational relationships design).
- frame the problems of "personnel management" and "management of organizational change" (issues that are the subject of in-depth study in the teaching of organization of master's or graduate’s degree courses);
- offer to students the opportunity to take advantage of tools for the analysis of the reality and to improve their ability to intervene on realities, tackling the study of both texts (produced by important authors of organizational theory) and business cases that highlight organizational issues and practices adopted for their resolution.
The teaching will be addressed through traditional teaching methods (frontal lessons) useful for framing the complexity of the topics covered, accompanied by exercises, team and individual work carried out by the students, company testimonies and case analysis, aimed at presenting the student with the variety of concrete practices and to stimulate reflection on the articulation of the organizational choices to be faced.
The course aims to reach the following goals:
- to highlight the peculiariaties of the "Organization" as a field of study and the specialized studies of "Business Organization";
- to provide some essential cognitive elements for dealing with the study of organizational literature and its evolution;
- to develop and to deepen the main thematic areas which, according to the distinction adopted in the mainstream approach, refer to the teaching of Business Organization, i.e. organizational design. In particular, the following organizational design choices will be analyzed in detail: work organization, work processes (intra-organizational relationships design), business structures, information systems and organizational boundaries (inter-organizational relationships design).
- frame the problems of "personnel management" and "management of organizational change" (issues that are the subject of in-depth study in the teaching of organization of master's or graduate’s degree courses);
- offer to students the opportunity to take advantage of tools for the analysis of the reality and to improve their ability to intervene on realities, tackling the study of both texts (produced by important authors of organizational theory) and business cases that highlight organizational issues and practices adopted for their resolution.
The teaching will be addressed through traditional teaching methods (frontal lessons) useful for framing the complexity of the topics covered, accompanied by exercises, team and individual work carried out by the students, company testimonies and case analysis, aimed at presenting the student with the variety of concrete practices and to stimulate reflection on the articulation of the organizational choices to be faced.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
1. Introduction: the characteristics of the field of study and the specificities of "Business Organization"
2. The organizational literature: an outline of the history of organizational thought.
3. The organizational design choices (organizational design): the levels of analysis and intervention
4. Design choices for work design A theoretical study: the analysis and discussion of the theory of the Scientific Organization of Labor by Frederick Taylor
4.2 The reassembly of the divided work: the job redesign aapporach and the sociotechnical approach
4.3 The theories behind post-Fordist approaches: Human Relation; Human Resource; sociotechnical approach
4.4 The new forms of work organization: Industry 4.0 and Smart work
5. Personnel management
5.1 Phases, activities and methodologies
5.2 Actors of the human resources management
5.3 The analysis of positions: tools and methods adopted in business practice
6. Work process design choices (inter-organizational relations): post-Fordism solutions and organizational techniques ... see module II program
7. Design choices of the organizational structure (business structure)
7.1 The problem of choosing the "formal configuration" of the organization: the origins of the topic in the literature
7.2 Traditional organizational structures: the functional structure, the divisional structure (the M form), the matrix structure.
7.3. The "post-Fordist" organizational structures: the process structure, the modular structure, the internal network.
7.4 Business groups and Holding companies
8. Design choices of organizational boundaries
8.1 The problem of the "boundaries" of the firm : origins and evolution of the literature on the subject
8.2 Outsourcing choices
8.3. Alliances and collaboration agreements between companies (motivations and contractual forms)
8.4 Business networks (outline)
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I Academic Year 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II Academic Year 2019-2020 "
Non-attending students
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I AA 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II AA 2019-2020"
3) Masino Giovanni, Le imprese oltre il fordismo , Carocci, 2005 pagg. 7- 87 (excluding 71-77)
N.B The lecture notes on Business Organization course are valid for both attending and non-attending students and are available at the Library of Economics in Rome3 University via Silvio dʼamico 77 00145 Roma
Programme
Module I (prof Marchiori Michela)1. Introduction: the characteristics of the field of study and the specificities of "Business Organization"
2. The organizational literature: an outline of the history of organizational thought.
3. The organizational design choices (organizational design): the levels of analysis and intervention
4. Design choices for work design A theoretical study: the analysis and discussion of the theory of the Scientific Organization of Labor by Frederick Taylor
4.2 The reassembly of the divided work: the job redesign aapporach and the sociotechnical approach
4.3 The theories behind post-Fordist approaches: Human Relation; Human Resource; sociotechnical approach
4.4 The new forms of work organization: Industry 4.0 and Smart work
5. Personnel management
5.1 Phases, activities and methodologies
5.2 Actors of the human resources management
5.3 The analysis of positions: tools and methods adopted in business practice
6. Work process design choices (inter-organizational relations): post-Fordism solutions and organizational techniques ... see module II program
7. Design choices of the organizational structure (business structure)
7.1 The problem of choosing the "formal configuration" of the organization: the origins of the topic in the literature
7.2 Traditional organizational structures: the functional structure, the divisional structure (the M form), the matrix structure.
7.3. The "post-Fordist" organizational structures: the process structure, the modular structure, the internal network.
7.4 Business groups and Holding companies
8. Design choices of organizational boundaries
8.1 The problem of the "boundaries" of the firm : origins and evolution of the literature on the subject
8.2 Outsourcing choices
8.3. Alliances and collaboration agreements between companies (motivations and contractual forms)
8.4 Business networks (outline)
Core Documentation
Attending students1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I Academic Year 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II Academic Year 2019-2020 "
Non-attending students
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I AA 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II AA 2019-2020"
3) Masino Giovanni, Le imprese oltre il fordismo , Carocci, 2005 pagg. 7- 87 (excluding 71-77)
N.B The lecture notes on Business Organization course are valid for both attending and non-attending students and are available at the Library of Economics in Rome3 University via Silvio dʼamico 77 00145 Roma
Reference Bibliography
References - M. De Castri (a cura di) " Leggere le organizzazioni" Guerini Next 2016 I volume - G. Costa, P. Gubitta, D. Pittino " Organizzazione Aziendale. Mercati, gerarchie, convenzioni" 3^ ed. McGraw Hill 2014 - G. Jones "Organizational Theory, Design, and Change: Text and Cases" 7^ ed. PearsonType of delivery of the course
Teaching is developed through lectures conducted by the teacher and interactive methods that actively involve students in the discussion in the classroom of business cases and in the preparation of a project work.Attendance
Teaching is developed through lectures conducted by the teacher and interactive methods that actively involve students in the discussion in the classroom of business cases and in the preparation of a project work.Type of evaluation
The exam consists in giving students a written test consisting of 5 open questions. For attending students there is an additional score deriving from the evaluation of the project carried out in the classroom. teacher profile teaching materials
1. Introduction: the characteristics of the field of study and the specificities of "Business Organization"
2. The organizational literature: an outline of the history of organizational thought.
3. The organizational design choices (organizational design): the levels of analysis and intervention
4. Design choices for work design A theoretical study: the analysis and discussion of the theory of the Scientific Organization of Labor by Frederick Taylor
4.2 The reassembly of the divided work: the job redesign aapporach and the sociotechnical approach
4.3 The theories behind post-Fordist approaches: Human Relation; Human Resource; sociotechnical approach
4.4 The new forms of work organization: Industry 4.0 and Smart work
5. Personnel management
5.1 Phases, activities and methodologies
5.2 Actors of the human resources management
5.3 The analysis of positions: tools and methods adopted in business practice
6. Work process design choices (inter-organizational relations): post-Fordism solutions and organizational techniques ... see module II program
7. Design choices of the organizational structure (business structure)
7.1 The problem of choosing the "formal configuration" of the organization: the origins of the topic in the literature
7.2 Traditional organizational structures: the functional structure, the divisional structure (the M form), the matrix structure.
7.3. The "post-Fordist" organizational structures: the process structure, the modular structure, the internal network.
7.4 Business groups and Holding companies
8. Design choices of organizational boundaries
8.1 The problem of the "boundaries" of the firm : origins and evolution of the literature on the subject
8.2 Outsourcing choices
8.3. Alliances and collaboration agreements between companies (motivations and contractual forms)
8.4 Business networks (outline)
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I Academic Year 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II Academic Year 2019-2020 "
Non-attending students
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I AA 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II AA 2019-2020"
3) Masino Giovanni, Le imprese oltre il fordismo , Carocci, 2005 pagg. 7- 87 (excluding 71-77)
N.B The lecture notes on Business Organization course are valid for both attending and non-attending students and are available at the Library of Economics in Rome3 University via Silvio dʼamico 77 00145 Roma
Programme
Module I (prof Marchiori Michela)1. Introduction: the characteristics of the field of study and the specificities of "Business Organization"
2. The organizational literature: an outline of the history of organizational thought.
3. The organizational design choices (organizational design): the levels of analysis and intervention
4. Design choices for work design A theoretical study: the analysis and discussion of the theory of the Scientific Organization of Labor by Frederick Taylor
4.2 The reassembly of the divided work: the job redesign aapporach and the sociotechnical approach
4.3 The theories behind post-Fordist approaches: Human Relation; Human Resource; sociotechnical approach
4.4 The new forms of work organization: Industry 4.0 and Smart work
5. Personnel management
5.1 Phases, activities and methodologies
5.2 Actors of the human resources management
5.3 The analysis of positions: tools and methods adopted in business practice
6. Work process design choices (inter-organizational relations): post-Fordism solutions and organizational techniques ... see module II program
7. Design choices of the organizational structure (business structure)
7.1 The problem of choosing the "formal configuration" of the organization: the origins of the topic in the literature
7.2 Traditional organizational structures: the functional structure, the divisional structure (the M form), the matrix structure.
7.3. The "post-Fordist" organizational structures: the process structure, the modular structure, the internal network.
7.4 Business groups and Holding companies
8. Design choices of organizational boundaries
8.1 The problem of the "boundaries" of the firm : origins and evolution of the literature on the subject
8.2 Outsourcing choices
8.3. Alliances and collaboration agreements between companies (motivations and contractual forms)
8.4 Business networks (outline)
Core Documentation
Attending students1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I Academic Year 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II Academic Year 2019-2020 "
Non-attending students
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I AA 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II AA 2019-2020"
3) Masino Giovanni, Le imprese oltre il fordismo , Carocci, 2005 pagg. 7- 87 (excluding 71-77)
N.B The lecture notes on Business Organization course are valid for both attending and non-attending students and are available at the Library of Economics in Rome3 University via Silvio dʼamico 77 00145 Roma
Reference Bibliography
References - M. De Castri (a cura di) " Leggere le organizzazioni" Guerini Next 2016 I volume - G. Costa, P. Gubitta, D. Pittino " Organizzazione Aziendale. Mercati, gerarchie, convenzioni" 3^ ed. McGraw Hill 2014 - G. Jones "Organizational Theory, Design, and Change: Text and Cases" 7^ ed. PearsonType of delivery of the course
Teaching is developed through lectures conducted by the teacher and interactive methods that actively involve students in the discussion in the classroom of business cases and in the preparation of a project work.Attendance
Teaching is developed through lectures conducted by the teacher and interactive methods that actively involve students in the discussion in the classroom of business cases and in the preparation of a project work.Type of evaluation
The exam consists in giving students a written test consisting of 5 open questions. For attending students there is an additional score deriving from the evaluation of the project carried out in the classroom. teacher profile teaching materials
1. Introduction: the characteristics of the field of study and the specificities of "Business Organization"
2. The organizational literature: an outline of the history of organizational thought.
3. The organizational design choices (organizational design): the levels of analysis and intervention
4. Design choices for work design A theoretical study: the analysis and discussion of the theory of the Scientific Organization of Labor by Frederick Taylor
4.2 The reassembly of the divided work: the job redesign aapporach and the sociotechnical approach
4.3 The theories behind post-Fordist approaches: Human Relation; Human Resource; sociotechnical approach
4.4 The new forms of work organization: Industry 4.0 and Smart work
5. Personnel management
5.1 Phases, activities and methodologies
5.2 Actors of the human resources management
5.3 The analysis of positions: tools and methods adopted in business practice
6. Work process design choices (inter-organizational relations): post-Fordism solutions and organizational techniques ... see module II program
7. Design choices of the organizational structure (business structure)
7.1 The problem of choosing the "formal configuration" of the organization: the origins of the topic in the literature
7.2 Traditional organizational structures: the functional structure, the divisional structure (the M form), the matrix structure.
7.3. The "post-Fordist" organizational structures: the process structure, the modular structure, the internal network.
7.4 Business groups and Holding companies
8. Design choices of organizational boundaries
8.1 The problem of the "boundaries" of the firm : origins and evolution of the literature on the subject
8.2 Outsourcing choices
8.3. Alliances and collaboration agreements between companies (motivations and contractual forms)
8.4 Business networks (outline)
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I Academic Year 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II Academic Year 2019-2020 "
Non-attending students
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I AA 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II AA 2019-2020"
3) Masino Giovanni, Le imprese oltre il fordismo , Carocci, 2005 pagg. 7- 87 (excluding 71-77)
N.B The lecture notes on Business Organization course are valid for both attending and non-attending students and are available at the Library of Economics in Rome3 University via Silvio dʼamico 77 00145 Roma
Programme
Module I (prof Marchiori Michela)1. Introduction: the characteristics of the field of study and the specificities of "Business Organization"
2. The organizational literature: an outline of the history of organizational thought.
3. The organizational design choices (organizational design): the levels of analysis and intervention
4. Design choices for work design A theoretical study: the analysis and discussion of the theory of the Scientific Organization of Labor by Frederick Taylor
4.2 The reassembly of the divided work: the job redesign aapporach and the sociotechnical approach
4.3 The theories behind post-Fordist approaches: Human Relation; Human Resource; sociotechnical approach
4.4 The new forms of work organization: Industry 4.0 and Smart work
5. Personnel management
5.1 Phases, activities and methodologies
5.2 Actors of the human resources management
5.3 The analysis of positions: tools and methods adopted in business practice
6. Work process design choices (inter-organizational relations): post-Fordism solutions and organizational techniques ... see module II program
7. Design choices of the organizational structure (business structure)
7.1 The problem of choosing the "formal configuration" of the organization: the origins of the topic in the literature
7.2 Traditional organizational structures: the functional structure, the divisional structure (the M form), the matrix structure.
7.3. The "post-Fordist" organizational structures: the process structure, the modular structure, the internal network.
7.4 Business groups and Holding companies
8. Design choices of organizational boundaries
8.1 The problem of the "boundaries" of the firm : origins and evolution of the literature on the subject
8.2 Outsourcing choices
8.3. Alliances and collaboration agreements between companies (motivations and contractual forms)
8.4 Business networks (outline)
Core Documentation
Attending students1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I Academic Year 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II Academic Year 2019-2020 "
Non-attending students
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I AA 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II AA 2019-2020"
3) Masino Giovanni, Le imprese oltre il fordismo , Carocci, 2005 pagg. 7- 87 (excluding 71-77)
N.B The lecture notes on Business Organization course are valid for both attending and non-attending students and are available at the Library of Economics in Rome3 University via Silvio dʼamico 77 00145 Roma
Reference Bibliography
References - M. De Castri (a cura di) " Leggere le organizzazioni" Guerini Next 2016 I volume - G. Costa, P. Gubitta, D. Pittino " Organizzazione Aziendale. Mercati, gerarchie, convenzioni" 3^ ed. McGraw Hill 2014 - G. Jones "Organizational Theory, Design, and Change: Text and Cases" 7^ ed. PearsonType of delivery of the course
Teaching is developed through lectures conducted by the teacher and interactive methods that actively involve students in the discussion in the classroom of business cases and in the preparation of a project work.Attendance
Teaching is developed through lectures conducted by the teacher and interactive methods that actively involve students in the discussion in the classroom of business cases and in the preparation of a project work.Type of evaluation
The exam consists in giving students a written test consisting of 5 open questions. For attending students there is an additional score deriving from the evaluation of the project carried out in the classroom. teacher profile teaching materials
1. Introduction: the characteristics of the field of study and the specificities of "Business Organization"
2. The organizational literature: an outline of the history of organizational thought.
3. The organizational design choices (organizational design): the levels of analysis and intervention
4. Design choices for work design A theoretical study: the analysis and discussion of the theory of the Scientific Organization of Labor by Frederick Taylor
4.2 The reassembly of the divided work: the job redesign aapporach and the sociotechnical approach
4.3 The theories behind post-Fordist approaches: Human Relation; Human Resource; sociotechnical approach
4.4 The new forms of work organization: Industry 4.0 and Smart work
5. Personnel management
5.1 Phases, activities and methodologies
5.2 Actors of the human resources management
5.3 The analysis of positions: tools and methods adopted in business practice
6. Work process design choices (inter-organizational relations): post-Fordism solutions and organizational techniques ... see module II program
7. Design choices of the organizational structure (business structure)
7.1 The problem of choosing the "formal configuration" of the organization: the origins of the topic in the literature
7.2 Traditional organizational structures: the functional structure, the divisional structure (the M form), the matrix structure.
7.3. The "post-Fordist" organizational structures: the process structure, the modular structure, the internal network.
7.4 Business groups and Holding companies
8. Design choices of organizational boundaries
8.1 The problem of the "boundaries" of the firm : origins and evolution of the literature on the subject
8.2 Outsourcing choices
8.3. Alliances and collaboration agreements between companies (motivations and contractual forms)
8.4 Business networks (outline)
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I Academic Year 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II Academic Year 2019-2020 "
Non-attending students
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I AA 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II AA 2019-2020"
3) Masino Giovanni, Le imprese oltre il fordismo , Carocci, 2005 pagg. 7- 87 (excluding 71-77)
N.B The lecture notes on Business Organization course are valid for both attending and non-attending students and are available at the Library of Economics in Rome3 University via Silvio dʼamico 77 00145 Roma
Programme
Module I (prof Marchiori Michela)1. Introduction: the characteristics of the field of study and the specificities of "Business Organization"
2. The organizational literature: an outline of the history of organizational thought.
3. The organizational design choices (organizational design): the levels of analysis and intervention
4. Design choices for work design A theoretical study: the analysis and discussion of the theory of the Scientific Organization of Labor by Frederick Taylor
4.2 The reassembly of the divided work: the job redesign aapporach and the sociotechnical approach
4.3 The theories behind post-Fordist approaches: Human Relation; Human Resource; sociotechnical approach
4.4 The new forms of work organization: Industry 4.0 and Smart work
5. Personnel management
5.1 Phases, activities and methodologies
5.2 Actors of the human resources management
5.3 The analysis of positions: tools and methods adopted in business practice
6. Work process design choices (inter-organizational relations): post-Fordism solutions and organizational techniques ... see module II program
7. Design choices of the organizational structure (business structure)
7.1 The problem of choosing the "formal configuration" of the organization: the origins of the topic in the literature
7.2 Traditional organizational structures: the functional structure, the divisional structure (the M form), the matrix structure.
7.3. The "post-Fordist" organizational structures: the process structure, the modular structure, the internal network.
7.4 Business groups and Holding companies
8. Design choices of organizational boundaries
8.1 The problem of the "boundaries" of the firm : origins and evolution of the literature on the subject
8.2 Outsourcing choices
8.3. Alliances and collaboration agreements between companies (motivations and contractual forms)
8.4 Business networks (outline)
Core Documentation
Attending students1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I Academic Year 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II Academic Year 2019-2020 "
Non-attending students
1) Marchiori Michela “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module I AA 2019-2020 "
2) Albano Valentina “Lecture notes on Business Organization course. Module II AA 2019-2020"
3) Masino Giovanni, Le imprese oltre il fordismo , Carocci, 2005 pagg. 7- 87 (excluding 71-77)
N.B The lecture notes on Business Organization course are valid for both attending and non-attending students and are available at the Library of Economics in Rome3 University via Silvio dʼamico 77 00145 Roma
Reference Bibliography
References - M. De Castri (a cura di) " Leggere le organizzazioni" Guerini Next 2016 I volume - G. Costa, P. Gubitta, D. Pittino " Organizzazione Aziendale. Mercati, gerarchie, convenzioni" 3^ ed. McGraw Hill 2014 - G. Jones "Organizational Theory, Design, and Change: Text and Cases" 7^ ed. PearsonType of delivery of the course
Teaching is developed through lectures conducted by the teacher and interactive methods that actively involve students in the discussion in the classroom of business cases and in the preparation of a project work.Attendance
Teaching is developed through lectures conducted by the teacher and interactive methods that actively involve students in the discussion in the classroom of business cases and in the preparation of a project work.Type of evaluation
The exam consists in giving students a written test consisting of 5 open questions. For attending students there is an additional score deriving from the evaluation of the project carried out in the classroom.