SYLLABUS

 

GSB 624 ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (Online)

 

 

Instructor

 

Norman Carroll, Ph.D.

ncarroll@dom.edu

 

Course Description

This is an online course that is conducted over eight weeks through the University’s online course management program Blackboard. The course is an analysis of the phenomena and theories of large, complex, formal organizations. The course examines the organization as an economic, social, bureaucratic and political system with regard to such factors as structure, change and decision making. There are no prerequisites. After registering for the course the student must also enroll on the course Blackboard site that can be accessed on the University's webpage at http://www.dom.edu/mydu.

Course Goal


The goal of the course is to familiarize students with classical and modern organizational theory including organizational design models suitable to different types and purposes of organizations.

 

Course Objectives

 

  • Students will understand and be able to articulate the reasons for different organizational structures.
  • Students will be able to describe different models for organizational change.
  • Students will be able to identify effective processes for organizational decision making.

 

Textbook

Richard L. Daft, Organization Theory and Design, 9th Edition, Southwestern Cengage Learning, (ISBN:  0-324-405-421)

Lectures

There will be weekly online voice over power point lectures covering each of the assigned textbook chapters. 

Case Reports


Each week a one or two page case report is to be submitted by email on the weekly assigned case. The outline to be followed in writing the report and the rubric that will be used to grade the report can be found in the COURSE DOCUMENTS section of the course Blackboard site.

 

Online Discussions

 

Each week students will have the opportunity to discuss online the assigned case with their classmates.  They will be required to post a new item (thread) and respond to two postings from other students.

 

 

Term Paper


Students are required to submit a 6 to 8 page term paper based on an analysis of their present organization or another organization of their choosing. The paper should conform to the standards of the American Psychological Association (APA) for research papers. There is a rubric in the COURSE DOCUMENTS section of the course Blackboard site that will be used to grade the paper The paper should at a minimum include the following areas

                        Organizational Structure

                        Internal Environmental

                        External Environment

                        Organizational Cultural

                        Organizations Competitive Advantage 

                        Any Recommended Changes

              Tests


There will be weekly online tests of the textbook material and a final examination.

 

              Organization of Course and Assignments

The course has weekly assignments as posted on the course Blackboard site. These assignments include textbook readings, voiceover power point lectures, a brief written analysis of a case, online discussion with other students about the case with postings on the Blackboard Discussion Board and weekly online objective tests of the reading material. There will be an orientation to the course on campus in River Forest before the course begins at a date and time to be announced.  

 

            Grading Policy

            Weekly Tests                 20%

            Case Reports                 20%

            Discussion Board           20%

            Term Paper                    20%

             Final Exam                    20%