- Docente: Giammaria Muratori
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Information Science for Management (cod. 8014)
Learning outcomes
The student should know the different organizational models, the way to organize them and the role of the IT. The student should even know how to diagnostic and find positive solutions in cases of failure of the organizational systems. The student should even know the main elements of the retribution and of work contracts.
Course contents
- Introduction to the concept of organization and organizational rationality - The Xerox Corporation case - The Mattel Inc. case -The history of theories on business organization (outline) - Work organization: general concepts - Taylorism and scientific management - The informal organization and the line of human relations - The study of motivation - The planning of the tasks - Interdependence and coordination - Organizational planning according to Mintzberg - Technological contingentism - Environmental contingentism - Herbert Simon's approach - The organizational evaluation - The border units - The human variable - The negotiation of incentives and contributions - Discretion - Exercises and business cases discussed in class
Readings/Bibliography
Teaching methods
- Lezione frontale
- Analisi e discussione di casi di studio
- Eventuali testimonianze di imprenditori e manager
Assessment methods
Domande scritte aperte, a risposta multipla o che prevedono la compilazione di figure e diagrammi affrontati a lezione.
Teaching tools
Sarà attivata una piattaforma elearning unibo. Qui caricherò le slide usate a lezione. Tale piattaforma, inoltre, servirà come strumento di comunicazione bidirezionale fra docente e studenti
Office hours
See the website of Giammaria Muratori
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.