MGT3172
Designing Competitive Organizations
The course presents various theories of organizational designs in a behavioral approach to organizational effectiveness. The focus is on organizational types, effectiveness, competitiveness, and efficiency. It explores internal and external factors that have a positive or negative impact on achieving organizational goals. The course evaluates the ever-changing modern work environment and the effectiveness of a well-designed organization.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE COMPETENT IN:
- Describing a strategy for managing interdepartmental goal conflict.
- Evaluating leading organizational concepts for effective organizational structure and processes.
- Formulating and designing an organizational model to meet the challenges of a competitive environment.
- Reviewing the processes of integrating individual and organizational goals.
- Planning organizational strategies to sustain and grow the organization.
- Classifying and assessing the effectiveness of organizational types.
- Investigating the cause-and-effect relationships within organizations.
- Exploring motivational theories and their application to modern organizations.
- Evaluating the structure specific job/work assignments within multigenerational work forces.
- Understanding the functions and applications of the SWOT analysis.