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90238 - STRATEGIC ORGANIZATION

Academic Year 2022/2023

                
                        Docente:
                        Raffaele Corrado
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        SECS-P/08
                    
                        Language:
                        English
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Forli
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            Economics and management (cod. 9203)

                                Also valid for
                                
                                    Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                                    
                                        Economics and management (cod. 9203)
                                    
                            Teaching resources on Virtuale
                        
                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Sep 23, 2022 to Oct 25, 2022

Learning outcomes

This course discusses management in the context of an understanding of organizations based on decisions. Based on how people make decisions, the course discusses both the internal working of firms and their relations with their environments, as a function of the management of power and dependence relations. At the end of the course the student: - Knows how management activities may affect the quality of organizational decision-making - Is familiar with the political aspect of organizational decision-making processes - Has a basic knowledge of how the requirements of organizational decision-making processes should drive the design of organizations.

Course contents

Organization and decision making
Rationality and the psychology of decisions
Uncertainty, power and dependence
Organizational structure and human decision making
Politics in organizations and organizational goals

Readings/Bibliography

H.A. Simon, Administrative Behavior (4th Edition). The Free Press (1997) ISBN: 978-0684835822
J.D. Thompson, Organizations in Action: Social Science Bases of Administrative Theory. McGraw-Hill (1967), Transaction Publishers (2003) ISBN: 978-0765809919

Teaching methods

Lecture

Discussion in class of readings and other audio/video materials, to be provided during the course

Assessment methods

Written exam: three open-ended questions, length 45'
Optional oral exam as integration of the written one

Grading:

< 18. Fail. Considerable further work is required for an even basic understanding of the content of the course.
18-22. Sufficient. Understanding of the content of the course meets the minimum criteria; some mnemonic retention, little real understanding of the course topics.
23-24. Satisfactory. Some understanding of the course topics, with significant shortcomings.
25-27. Good. Good understanding of the course topics, with some errors.
28-30. Very good. Full understanding of the course content, possibly minor errors.
30 Lode. Perfect. Perfect understanding of the course content.

Teaching tools

The slides used in class, the readings to be discussed, and other related materials will be made available in the website of the course (on the Virtuale web platform of UniBo)

Office hours

See the website of Raffaele Corrado