TecnoCampus Foundation
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University Business
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General information

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Núria Masferrer Llabinés

Trimester: Second term

Credits: 4

Teaching staff: 

Giovanni Giusti
Jordi Garolera Berrocal 
Julià Regader Villarroya 

Teaching languages

  • Catalan
  • Spanish
  • English

Check the schedules of the different groups to know the language of teaching classes. Although the material can be in any of the three languages.

 

 

Skills

Basic skills

  • B4_That students can convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialized and non-specialized audiences

     

  • B5_That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Specific skills

  • E4_Assess and define the personnel policies of a company or business organization, select work teams, define profiles and establish staffing needs

     

General competencies

  • G1_Be able to work in a team, actively participating in tasks and negotiating dissenting opinions until reaching consensus positions, thus acquiring the ability to learn together with other team members and create new knowledge

Transversal competences

  • T4_Domain the computer tools and their main applications for the ordinary academic and professional activity

  • T1_Communicate properly orally and in writing in the official languages ​​of Catalonia

Description

The course examines how people create and maintain complex organizations in order to achieve goals and milestones.

Students will study organizations from the perspective of classical organizational theory with an emphasis on efficiency, adaptability, and other perspectives such as cultural or political.

By using the "case methodology", students will be able to link the theoretical material of the subject to real cases.

Contents

Topic 1: What are organizations and what are their main challenges?

- What is an organization?

- Dimensions of organizational design

- The evolution of the theory and design of organizations

 

Topic 2: Organizational design and organizational structure

- Organizational purpose

- Strategy and design selection frameworks

- Evaluation of organizational effectiveness

- Organizational structure

- Organizational design alternatives

 

Topic 3: The external environment and interorganizational relations

- The environmental context

- Environmental uncertainty

- Theory of resource dependence

- Theory of population ecology

- Institutional vision of the design of the organization

 

Topic 4: The organization and the international environment

- Global vs. local opportunities

- Design the structure to adapt to the global strategy

- Cultural differences

- New approaches to global organizational design

 

Topic 5: Organizational culture and ethical values

- Design and culture of the organization

- Organizational culture, learning and performance

- Ethical values ​​and social responsibility

- How leaders shape culture and ethics

 

Topic 6: Information technologies and control

- Information for decision making and control

- Strengthening internal coordination

- Strengthening external relations

- Impact of ICT on the design of the organization

 

Topic 7: Decision making processes

- Individual decision making

- Organizational decision making

- Contingency decision-making framework

- Decision and learning mistakes

 

Item 8: Conflict, power and politics

- Intergroup conflict in organizations

- Power and organizations

- Political processes in organizations

- Use power, politics and collaboration

Evaluation system

Evaluation system:

Exhibitions

20%

Final exam

60%
Class participation 20%

The final exam of the term represents 60% of the grade. A minimum grade of 5 out of 10 is required to pass.

In recovery, only the final exam can be taken, which will calculate 60% of the final grade, as the grades of the activities will be kept.

A student who has not applied for the first call CANNOT apply for recovery.

 

REFERENCES

Basic

Daft, RL, Murphy, J., Willmott, H. (2020) .Organization Theory & Design: An International Perspective 4th Edition
 

Colella, F., Dalton, P., & Giusti, G. (2023). Moral Support and Performance. Management Science.

Giusti, Giovanni; Dopeso-Fernández, Roberto. Incentive magnitude and reference point shifting: a laboratory experiment. International Journal of Manpower, 2020.

Complementary

Orazalin, N., & Baydauletov, M. (2020). Corporate social responsibility strategy and corporate environmental and social performance: The moderating role of board gender diversity. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 27 (4), 1664-1676.

Triana, MDC, Jayasinghe, M., Pieper, JR, Delgado, DM, & Li, M. (2018). Perceived workplace gender discrimination and employee consequences: a meta-analysis and complementary studies considering country context. Journal of Management, 0149206318776772.