Analysis of Organization

Aims of the course

• Inform participants about the method and the techniques of the comprehensive analysis of a particular organization
• Making participants competent for the effective conducts of the independent empirical research of the organization of the particular company.

Course syllabus

1 DEFINING ORGANIZATION ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
1.1 Defining organization diagnosis and design
1.2 Defining subject of analysis (contingency variables – business environments, business strategy, key activities, information technology - organization)
2.3 Defining purpose of organizational analysis
2.4 Defining method (analysis: identification and diagnosis)
3 ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
3.1 Analysis of trends in the macro environment
3.2 Analysis of industry (Porter's Five Forces framework)
4 ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESS DESIGN
4.1 Identification of strategic direction
4.2 Identification of key business policies
4.3 Assessment of company strategy and policies from the perspective of the external and dynamic consistency 4.4 Identification of key business activities
4.5 Analysis of IT progress and its impact on the key business activities
4.6 Assessment of key business activities: importance, interdependence, frequency of change, 7 types of losses
5 ANALYSIS OF THE ORGANIZATION DESIGN
5.1 Identification of the organizational structure
5.2 Identification of the structuring of departments, buffering departments, and key decision-making positions: distribution of responsibilities, power, influence and importance, relations between departments, frequency of changes in the inter-departmental relationships
5.3 Analysis of coordination processes
5.3.1. Identification of coordination mechanisms within and between departments
5.3.2. Identification of decision-making rules
5.4 Assessment of appropriateness of the departmental structuring, distribution of responsibilities across key decision-making position, and key coordination processes
6 PROPOSAL OF KEY ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES
6.1 Changes of the organizational structure
6.2 Restructuring of the individual departments
6.3 Restructuring of the key decision-making positions a
6.4 Adjustment of the decision-making rules
6.5 Other important organizational roles and their adjustments
7 IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS
7.1 Obstacles to organizational change
7.2 Conditions that help facilitate organizational change
7.3 Interim measures for changing the behavior of employees
7.4 Permanent measures to change the behavior of employees
8 CONCLUSION

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