Business Organisation

The module introduces students to the principal issues underlying Business Organisation (BO). 

Under the impact of globalisation, hyper-competition, new information and communications technologies and the growth of transnational corporations, major changes are taking place in the ways that business is organised.  The ability to organise so as to combine efficiency with adaptability and innovation under conditions of hyper-competition and high uncertainty is regarded as one of the few remaining inimitable competitive advantages that firms can possess. Important new forms of organisation are consequently being developed in the bid to secure such advantages. The successful implementation and updating of these new forms presents an equally significant challenge, and explains the importance many companies now attach to learning and evolution. 

The present module is created in full accordance with national educational standards in the field of the higher and postgraduate education, requirements of QAA UK (Quality Assurance Agency). Professors, famous in the academic world of Great Britain, the USA and Europe, took part in development of the program. The original version of the module is developed in English.

Developers of the module assume that the student already has the basic higher finished or incomplete education, is able to work independently with printing and online materials, has access to libraries, including online libraries, and also has the high level of self-discipline and motivation. Experience on the chosen subject matter is not obligatory. Knowledge of English at the level of ability to read literature is not obligatory, but it is desirable.

Module is developed for completely independent studying.

It is supposed that for successful assimilation of a training material of the module the student has to spend about 30 hours.

For a successful completion of the module the student has to execute and protect ONE written work or ONE task (usually it is work of 1,500-2,000 words +/-10%. Work shall be performed in English.

Upon successful completion of this modules the student will receive the following type of certificate:

• - Certificate on Completion of the Module.

• Topics you are going to learn

Session 1: Nature and Challenge of Organisation in the Modern Business World 

Topics covered: 

• - Key terms: organising, organisations, and organisation 
• - Components of organisation 
• - The retreat from conventional forms of organisation 
• - Contrasts between conventional and new organisational forms  
• - New conditions for organisation 

Session 2: Simpler Structures  

Topics covered: 

• - Hierarchy
• - Negative features of hierarchy
• - Moves to reduce hierarchy 
• - Delaying 
• - Downsizing 
• - Use of teams 

Session 3:  Achieving Integration 

Topics covered:

• - Integration: the concept 
• - Analysing a need for better integration
• - Integration capability 
• - Integration mechanisms 
• - Cross-functional teams 

Session 4:  Control

Topics covered: 

• - Control: the concept
• - Foundations for control
• - Strategic and operational control
• - Key variables of control 
• - Strategies of control 
• - Conventional and newer approaches to control 
• - Control strategies and relevant contingencies  

Session 5:  Outsourcing

Topics covered:

• - Nature of outsourcing 
• - Scale of outsourcing 
• - Outsourcing of manufacturing 
• - Outsourcing of services 
• - Attractions of outsourcing 
• - Problems with outsourcing 
• - Outsourcing contracts 
• - Reaching a decision on outsourcing  

Session 6:  Virtual Organisation

Topics covered: 

• - Forms of VO 
• - Potential benefits of VO
• - Drivers for VO 
• - Conditions for viability of VO
• - Limitations of VO 
• - Deciding between VO and conventional organisation 
• - Managing the VO 
• - Virtual team working 

Session 7: International Organisation

Topics covered:

• - Globalisation 
• - Strategies for global expansion 
• - Organisational implications of global strategies 
• - Characteristics of the MNC
• - The TNC model – making it work 
• - Internationalisation of SMEs 

Session 8: Organisational Change

Topics covered: 

• - The challenge of organisational change 
• - Context of change
• - Varieties of organisational change 
• - Transformation and change 
• - Process of change
•  - Issues in planning change 
• - Balancing demand and capacity for change 
• - Business process re-engineering  

Session 9: Organising for Learning

Topics covered:

• - Strategic importance of organisational learning 
• - Nature of organisational learning 
• - Requirements for organisational learning 
• - Learning through alliances 
• - Implications for practice 

Session 10: Taking a broader view - putting organisation into perspective

Topics covered: 

• - Organisational forms and strategic needs 
• - Adaptability; innovation; efficiency 
• - Hybrid organisational forms 
• - The social face of organisation 

Leaning outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to:

• - Introduce the nature and challenge of organisation in the modern business world, including the key dilemmas that have to be resolved.
• - Provide an understanding of the fundamentals of organising both within firms and across their boundaries.
• - Examine new and evolving organisational forms with a focus on key developments concerning internal structures and systems, external networks (including outsourcing, and virtual organisation), and the organisation of international business.
• - Provide an insight into managing the processes that accompany effective organisation, including managing change and organisational learning.

Progression

Upon completion or in the first instance you can take more MBA level modules. Check courses in "other products in the same category" block just below this article.

If within the year you will complete 1-2, 3 or 5 or 8 of them you can be awarded by UK Online Academy:

- 1-2 modules - Certificate on Completion of the Module.

- 3 modules - Advanced Certificate in Business Studies.

- 5 modules - Diploma in Mini MBA programme.

- 8 modules - Advanced Diploma in Executive MBA programme.

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