Course: Fundamentals of Organization

Section outline

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Select section Week 0 - Introduction to the course

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Week 0 - Introduction to the course
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Select section Week 1 - Organizational Design

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Week 1 - Organizational Design
This week will cover:

Basic concepts about organization (definition, environment)

Specialization

Roles, jobs and positions

Coordination mechanisms at the micro and macro level

Mechanistic and Organic model

Hierarchy and grouping criteria

Organizational structures

Simple

Functional

Divisional

Hybrid
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- Select activity Organization: basic concepts and perspectives
  
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- Select activity Organization and environment
  
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- Select activity Recap micro/macro
  
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- Select activity Individuals in organization
  
  Individuals in organization
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- Select activity Roles, jobs and positions
  
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- Select activity Coordination mechanisms (micro)
  
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- Select activity Mechanicistic and Organic model
  
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- Select activity Organizational units
  
  Organizational units
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- Select activity Grouping criteria: numeric, input, output
  
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- Select activity Coordination mechanisms (macro)
  
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- Select activity Organizational structures
  
  Organizational structures
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- Select activity Functional structure
  
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- Select activity Divisional structure
  
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- Select activity Hybrid structure
  
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- Select activity Recap and comparison
  
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- Select activity Quiz - Week 1
  
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Select section Week 2 - Business Process

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Week 2 - Business Process
This week will cover:

Definition and key dimensions of a process

Link between process and organization

Types of process

Process perfomances

Principles for process management

Key concepts of Business Process Reingeneering
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- Select activity Process management: key concepts and definitions
  
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- Select activity Link between processes and organization
  
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- Select activity Business process management
  
  Business process management
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- Select activity Types of process
  
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- Select activity Process performance - part 1
  
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- Select activity Process performance - part 2
  
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- Select activity Cultural principles for process management
  
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- Select activity Organizational principles for process management
  
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- Select activity Management principles for process management
  
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- Select activity Introduction to BPR: definition and key concepts
  
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Select section Week 3 - Decision making

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Week 3 - Decision making
This week will cover:

Introduction to decision making process within organized contexts

The decision making process: problem setting and problem solving

Decisions under uncertain environment: risk and uncertainty

The role of game theory

Iconic games

Prisoner dilemma

Chicken game

Battle of sexes

Non-cooperative game
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- Select activity Problem setting: objectives and constraints
  
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- Select activity Problem setting: model development
  
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- Select activity Decision making approaches
  
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- Select activity Game theory
  
  Game theory
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- Select activity The role of game theory: the basic concepts
  
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- Select activity Iconic games: prisoner dilemma
  
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- Select activity Iconic games: the value of time
  
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- Select activity Icon games: multi-objective situations
  
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Select section Final Survey

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Final Survey
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Select section {mlang it}Open Badge{mlang}{mlang en}Certificate{mlang}

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Additional resources
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Section outline

Introduction

Individuals in organization

Organizational units

Organizational structures

Quiz - Week 1

Introduction

Business process management

Quiz - Week 2

Decision making process

Problem setting & problem solving

Game theory

Quiz - Week 3