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    This document provides an introduction and overview of an Organizational Structure and Design (OSD) course. It discusses the purpose of studying OSD and how organizations structure themselves through differentiation and integration. Students will be evaluated based on mid and end-term exams, quizzes, in-class activities and reflections, and a creative portfolio. The portfolio involves working in groups to collect artifacts relating to course topics and annotating them. In-class activities include case analyses, discussions, and exercises.

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    INTRODUCTION TO OSD

    - PROF. MADHAVI MEHTA


    WHAT IS THIS COURSE ALL ABOUT?

    What if there were no organizations?


    WHAT IS THIS COURSE ALL ABOUT?

    Why study OSD?


    WHAT IS THIS COURSE ALL ABOUT?

    Stories of Organizations >


    ?

    What do these stories tell us about Organization?


    What questions arise in your mind about organization
    while you listen to these stories?
    WHAT IS THIS COURSE ALL ABOUT?

    Course Concept Map >


    Decision Making
    ?

    Would these companies need OSD solutions


    for dealing with these changes?
    ?

    What is Organization? >


    “Social entities that are goal directed, designed as
    deliberately structured and coordinated activity
    systems, linked to the external environment”
    ?

    Organization Design >


    How people and work are organized to carry out an
    organization’s strategy and achieve its aims.
    ESSENCE OF STRUCTURE

    DIFFERENTIATION INTEGRATION

    The structure of an organization can be defined simply as


    the sum total of the ways in which it divides its labor into
    distinct tasks and then achieves coordination among them.
    DIFFERENTIATION

    What are the basis on which


    organizations group people? >
    Number

    Squad 4-10 Soldiers


    Platoon 16-40 Soldiers in 2 or more Squads
    Company 100-200 Soldiers in 3-5 Platoons
    Battalion 4-6 Companies
    Brigade 2-5 Battalions
    Division 3 or more Brigades
    Function

    2
    Product

    3
    INTEGRATION

    COORDINATION: Coordination of work achieved


    by simple process of informal communication >
    COORDINATION I
    COORDINATION II
    COORDINATION III
    THE COORDINATING MECHANISMS:
    A ROUGH CONTINUUM
    Evaluation Components
    1 Mid-Term Exam (30%)
    5
    2 End-Term Exam (30%)
    4 1
    3 Quizzes (15%)

    3
    In-Class Activities &
    4 Reflection (Individual &
    2 Group) (15%)

    5 Creative Portfolio(10%)
    CREATIVE PORTFOLIO

    ?
    1. In groups of three, build a portfolio that consists of artifacts such as
    cartoons, memes, video clips, articles etc. Register your topics by
    December 31, 2019, receive approvals by January 7 and submit the
    portfolio on LMS by 5:00 pm on February14, 2020.

    2. Portfolio submission will focus on five topics (not concepts) from those
    covered during sessions 1-17 and will contain annotation (including
    bibliographical details) for each of the artifact included in the portfolio.
    CREATIVE PORTFOLIO
    CREATIVE PORTFOLIO
    TYPE

    ANNOTATION

    SOURCE
    CREATIVE PORTFOLIO
    CREATIVE PORTFOLIO
    CREATIVE PORTFOLIO
    CREATIVE PORTFOLIO
    IN-CLASS ACTIVITES & REFLECTION

    ?
    1. Case analysis - one page submission

    2. Contribution to class discussion & end-of-class


    reflection

    3. Active Participation in class exercises/simulation


    EXPECTATIONS

    EXPLORE & SHARE PREPARE USE COURSEMATE


    For Preparation…
    THANK YOU!

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