Fundamentals of Organization

Politecnico di Milano via Coursera

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Introduction

the analysis and design of a proper organization, at the micro level (individual) and at the macro level

the analysis of how to effectively manage processes, in terms of activities, performance and principles

the analysis of how to rapidly take decisions, in terms of process, constraints, models and game theory approach

Syllabus

Organizational design

In this week the main concepts of organizational design will be presented, related to the basic definitions, the organizational dimensions of individual work, the different choices to group activities in organizational units, and the different organizational structures.

Business Process

In this week, the main concepts of business processes will be presented, related to the basic definitions, the main dimensions of process performance and principles, together with an overview of business process reengineering.

Decision Making

Decision making In this week, the main concepts about decision making will be presented, related to basic definitions of decision making process, the main issues related to problem setting and problem solving, and an overview of the game theory.

Overview

Organization is a fundamental theme to understand the real functioning of each company or, more in general, of any institution, and it is part of the basic know-how of each manager. Organization design implies decisions on how work is subdivided and how coordination between the various activities and people who autonomously perform them is guaranteed. Moreover, organization design is willing to consider also the interdependences between people daily activities (namely processes): in fact, proces

Skills

Leadership And Management Organizational Development Strategy and Operations Decision-Making

Reviews

This Couse was good for for the beginner. I learned many important things from this course specially how to an Organization work effectively.

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this is a very interesting course to learnstart and straight to the point

The course duration indicated (three weeks) is untrue, in reality at least seven weeks would be suggested to absorb the excellent content.