- Docente: Federico Toth
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SPS/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Politics Administration and Organization (cod. 8784)
Learning outcomes
"Strategie organizzative" is an advanced course in Organization Theory, taught in Italian.
By the end of the course, the student is able to:
- identify the key characteristics and components of organizational strategy and behavior.
- recognize the key elements and the typical dynamics of decision-making processes.
- analyze deliberate and emergent strategies.
Course contents
The course is divided into two parts:
The first part addresses the basic elements of strategic analysis. Fundamental concepts such as strategy, business idea and organizational culture are applied to some successful companies.
The second one explores the different approaches to decision-making in organizations, including bounded rationality (H. Simon), disjointed incrementalism (C. Lindblom), strategic rationality (Crozier and Friedberg), the garbage can model (Cohen, March & Olsen), the logic of appropriateness (J. March).
Readings/Bibliography
H. Mintzberg (1987), The Strategy Concept I: Five Ps For Strategy, in California Management Review, Fall 1987, pp. 11-24.
M. E. Porter (2008), The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy, in Harvard Business Review, January 2008, pp. 25- 40.
R. Normann (1979), Le condizioni di sviluppo dell'impresa, Milano, Etas, pp. 26-66.
R. Normann (1992), Perché uno sviluppo strategico delle risorse umane?, in La gestione strategica dei servizi, Milano, ETAS. Capitolo quinto.
E.H. Schein (1984), Verso una nuova consapevolezza della cultura organizzativa, in P. Gagliardi (a cura di), Le imprese come culture, Torino, ISEDI, pp. 395-415.
F. Toth (2006), Le immagini del decision making, in Il costo del consenso, Roma, Carocci, pp. 19-43.
G. Bonazzi (1999), Le anarchie organizzate ovvero il modello a "cestino dei rifiuti", in Dire, fare, pensare, Milano, Franco Angeli, pp. 44-65.
J.G. March (1994), Conformità a regole, in Prendere decisioni, Bologna, il Mulino, pp. 67-87 e 110-112.
M. Catino (2009), La Nasa e i disastri degli shuttle, in Miopia organizzativa, Bologna, il Mulino, pp. 36-56.
G. Bonazzi (1999), Il caso dei missili sovietici a Cuba , in Dire, fare, pensare, Milano, Franco Angeli, pp. 66-93.
Teaching methods
Lessons of the teacher. Case studies and discussion. Class attendance is strongly recommended.
Assessment methods
The final grade will be given by a written examination to be planned at the end of the course.
Teaching tools
Most of the topics will be presented through the analysis and discussion of case studies (IKEA, Google, Amazon, Pixar, Nasa).
Office hours
See the website of Federico Toth