Modern concept of organization

Understand the importance of diagnosing the state of an enterprise. Understand the complex problems of enterprise functioning. Become familiar with modern organizational concepts and determine cases when we can use them in an enterprise. Be able to solve identified problems using a multidisciplinary approach.

Upon successful completion of this course, students are able to: - discuss modern organizational theory, - distinguish complex organizational problems, - select models of organizational functioning, - apply modern organizational concepts, - solve complex organizational problems, - evaluate modern organizational concepts.

Modern organizational theory 2. Contingent organizational theory 3. Kandwala's model of organizational functioning 4. Mintzberg's organizational configurations 5. Barton-Obel's contingency model. Application of software packages in diagnosing the state of the organization 6. Donaldson's nео-contingent theory 7. Types of organizational structures in modern organizational theory 8. Organizational change. Diagnosing and managing organizational change. Case-study example of analyzing the state of the organization in a specific enterprise 9. Possibility of implementing modern organizational concepts in enterprises 10. Open questions and directions for further development of modern organizational concepts.

A case study in the field of diagnosing the state of organizations and applying modern organizational concepts.

Enrolled in the second year of doctoral studies.

Mintzberg, H., Structure in Five - Designing Effective Organizations, Prentice Hall, Englewood Clifs, New York, 1983.; Mintzberg, H., The Structuring of Organizations, Prentice Hall Englewood Cliffs, New York, 1979.; Moore, B., Brown, A, The Application of TQM: organic or mechanistic, International Journal of Quality and Reliability, Vol. 23, No. 7, pp. 721-742, 2006.; Khandwalla, N.P. The Design of Organization, Harcourt Brace Jovanovic, New York, 1977.; Burton, R., Obel, B., Fit and Misfits in the Multi-Dimensional Contingency Model: An Organizational Change Perspective, LOK Center, Danish Social Science Research Council, 2000.; Rana, S., Sakshi, & Singh, J. (Eds.). (2022). Exploring the latest trends in management literature. Emerald Publishing Limited.

Total assigned hours: 65

New material: 30
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 20

Auditory exercises: 0
Laboratory exercises: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 0
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 0
Research study work: 0

Review and grading of calculation tasks: 0
Review and grading of lab reports: 0
Review and grading of seminar papers: 10
Review and grading of the project: 0
Test: 0
Test: 0
Final exam: 5

Activity during lectures: 0
Test/test: 45
Laboratory practice: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 25
Project: 0
Final exam: 30
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 0

Mintzberg, H., Structure in Five - Designing Effective Organizations, Prentice Hall, Englewood Clifs, New York, 1983.;; Mintzberg, H., The Structuring of Organizations, Prentice Hall Englewood Cliffs, New York, 1979.;; Khandwalla, N.P. The Design of Organization, Harcourt Brace Jovanovic, New York, 1977.;; Burton, R., Obel, B., Fit and Misfits in the Multi-Dimensional Contigency Model: An Organizatiional Change Perspective, LOK Center, Danish Social Science Research Council, 2000.;; Rana, S., Sakshi, & Singh, J. (Eds.). (2022). Exploring the latest trends in management literature. Emerald Publishing Limited.