00745 - Business Organisation

Learning outcomes

L'obiettivo dell’insegnamento è quello di fornire agli studenti le conoscenze di base per comprendere l'organizzazione come sintesi conoscitiva, il percorso evolutivo della teoria organizzativa nelle sue diverse fasi di sviluppo metodologico, nonché l’analisi della gestione aziendale dal punto di vista organizzativo. Al termine del corso lo studente è in grado di: (a) sapere comprendere le problematiche organizzative delle diverse funzioni aziendali negli aspetti teorici ed applicativi; (b) saper analizzare strutture e processi delle organizzazioni; (c) utilizzare software dedicato per l'analisi e soluzione dei problemi legati alla gestione delle organizzazioni.

Course contents

1. Introduction | The 10,000 rules 
2. The focus on the stakeholders and the relationship between uncertainty and external environment
3. The main actors of an organization | Roles and organizational identification
4. The main actors of an organization | Personality, values and emotions 
5. Organizational actions | Motivation and attitudes 
6. Organizational Hierarchy 
7. Horizontal coordination
8. Organizational structures
9. National and organizational | chapter 17 book «In Equilibrio».
10. Team work
11. Leadership as a practice
12. Family Supportive Leadership | Chapters 12 e 13 book «In Equilibrio»
13. Decision-making processes
14. Gender equality in organizations | Chapter 18 book «In Equilibrio».
15. Change Management

Readings/Bibliography

Books:

Buonocore F., Montanari, F., Solari L. 2025. Organizzazione aziendale. Comportamenti e decisioni per il management. ISEDI

Russo M., 2024. In Equilibrio. Un buon work-life balance è possibile. Il Mulino, Guide.

To go deeper:

Gladwell M. (2009), Fuoriclasse. Storia naturale del successo, Mondadori, Milano.

Teaching methods

Durante il corso utilizzeremo una pluralità di metodi didattici: lezioni frontali, dibattiti, case study, role play, simulazioni ed attività di gruppo

Assessment methods

Students can choose whether to follow the course in two ways:
– attending Students
– Non-attending students

For "non-attending" students, the exam will consist of a multiple-choice test with 15 questions (+1 question to obtain honors) with only one correct answer per question. In addition, students will have to take an oral exam confirming the written grade.

For "attending" students, the final grade will be given by:
– A group test (50%) which consists of developing a project that will be presented in the classroom on the last day of the course during a poster session.
– The final exam (50%) will be divided into two intermediate tests (end of October-beginning of November and January) and the final grade will be the average of the two tests.
– Students can take an optional oral exam to improve their grade,

The evaluation of the final test will be as follows: Each question will be evaluated with two points in case of a correct answer.
30 laude: 15 correct answers with also the correct answer to the question entered.

AI Policy.

• Regarding the written test, the use of AI is prohibited. Any use constitutes a violation of academic integrity.
• Regarding the group test, limited, declared, and non-substantial use of AI is permitted for support activities (summary, reformulations) and for the final presentation. Substantial use is not permitted for parts of the test that relate to the need to outline ideas and solutions to potential problems presented in class.

 

 

Teaching tools

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pandoracampus.it

Office hours

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