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The final course in the Competitive Strategy and Organization Design specialisation examines an organization's internal operations as well as its interactions with the outside world. Whereas the first two courses focused on how firms interact with the outside world, specifically competitors and complementors, the third course examines how a firm's organisation should be designed to compete effectively.
Syllabus :
1. Structure Organizations
- Trailer Strategic Organization Design
- Introduction
- Definitions and Examples
- Organizational Challenges
- Strategic Organization Design
- Structural Dimensions
- Contextual Dimensions
- Promoting Cooperation and Coordination
- Wrap Up
2. Manage Complexity and Interdependence
- Introduction
- Definitions and Examples
- Causes and Effects
- Managing Interdependence
- Channeling Individual Behavior
- Designing Complementarities
- Wrap Up
3. Understand your Surroundings
- Introduction
- Definitions and Examples
- Environmental Challenges
- Meeting Environmental Challenges
- Why Industry Matters
- Example: Knowledge Industries
- Wrap Up
4. Decide on a Corporate Office
- Introduction
- Introduction
- Improving Performance
- Shared Services, Compliance and Combinations
- A Form of Centralization
- Scope of Decision-Making
- Wrap Up
5. Design for Growth
- Introduction
- Introduction to Stages and Key Challenges
- Efficiency and Strategy
- Natural Benefits
- Leveraging Scale and Speed
- Enabling Growth
- Balancing Efficiency while Growing
- Dealing with Maturity and Decline
- Wrap Up
6. Final Exam
