最新糖心Vlog

Dr Lisa Daniel
Room 10-34, 10 Pulteney Street
Telephone: 8313 3105
Email: lisa.daniel@adelaide.edu.au 

Weekly lectures begin Friday, August 1 from 1 pm till 3 pm.
Barr Smith South, 3029 Flentje Lecture Theatre, Nth Tce Campus.

Tutorial sessions commence week 2.

• To introduce students to the principles of organisational theory as they contribute to the interpretation and analysis of organisational dynamics.
• To facilitate understanding of an organisation’s dynamic influences in relation to other areas of management study such as organisational behaviour, human resource management and strategic management.
• To present theories of organisational dynamics from the approach of holistic enterprise analysis.
• To enable students to have an informed perspective on the influences and implications of dynamic change in organisational sustainability and survival.

Required textbook - Organisational Theory, Design and Change, 2010 (Global edition) Gareth Jones, 7th Edition, Pearson Education Limited, England. ISBN: 978-0-273-76560-8

MyUni will be used extensively in this course for announcements and assessment including assignment submission.  Please ensure you have access at the start of semester.

This course delivers all critical material in the 2 hour lecture given each week. 

Tutorial sessions provide enhanced understanding of course material and assessment tasks as preparation for the final exam.

At least 3 hours of study time/ assessment/preparation is required EACH WEEK in addition to the
3 contact hours.

Theme	Week	Topic	Text
DESIGN	1	Organisations & Effectiveness	Ch 1
	2	Stakeholders, Managers & Ethics	Ch 2
	3	The Changing Environment	Ch 3
	4	Organisational Design	Ch 4
	Organisational System Project DUE
	5	Authority & Control	Ch 5
	6	Coordination & Specialisation	Ch 6
CONTINGENCIES	7	Cultural Complexities	Ch 7
	8	Technology	Ch 9
	Organisational Design Project DUE
	9	Learning & Knowledge Management	Ch 12
	10	Innovation, Intrapreneurship & Creativity	Ch 13
	11	Conflict, Power & Politics	Ch 14
	Challenges and Contingencies Assignment DUE
	12	No lecture

Assessment items are created to ensure student undertaking this course are involved in small group learning and so have the maximum learning opportunities through collaboration and the shared tasks. 

All assignments in this course are to be undertaken in groups of 3 or 4, consistent with the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide’s small group learning philosophy. Individual work arising from group discussions must be unique.

·    Organisational Systems Project (20%) requires you to work with your group to consider a local small business and to individually prepare a diagram of the business system. Submit INDIVIDUALLY

·    Organisational Design Project (25%) requires you to work with your group to consider the design and structure of your business and why the design is appropriate.  Submit INDIVIDUALLY

·    Challenges and Contingencies (30%) requires you to work with your group consider your company and ask how your organisation will cope with a business challenge highlighting a) where the system would be likely to break down, b) how and where the challenge would impact effectiveness, c) what action could be taken to mitigate the problem and d) what opportunities may emerge.  GROUP ASSIGNMENT

·     Final EXAM (25%) assesses the students’ ability to recognise correct information and demonstrate understanding of course material.

1.     Organisational Systems Project (20%), 2 page limit – DUE 9am Monday 25th Sept.          
This assignment requires you to work with your group to consider a local small business.  From your group discussions you need to individually prepare a diagram of the of the business system showing a) specific elements and relationships i.e. forces of influence, key stakeholders, crucial internal and external interactions to illustrate how it operates as a complex open value creating
system (from lectures 1, 2,3).  Your model should fill one A4 page.

In addition with reference to your business system diagram you will explain b) how the organisation creates value and where the value is manifested. One page of text should accompany the model, in assignment format as detailed.

Discuss as a group but submit as individual assignments via MyUni.

2.       Organisational Design Project (25%), 2 page limit – DUE 5pm Thurs. 12 Sept.

You are required to consider your company in the light of the business systems illustrated in your previous assignment to a) explain the design of your business using course concepts, theory & models (from lectures 4-6) and then b) discuss and justify why the design is effectiveness. 

You need to explain your business’ design in terms of complexity, formalisation, centralisation, specialisation/differentiation, authority/control, and integration/coordination.  

Your goal will be to explain and justify why (or why not) the structure and design you have presented is effective and appropriate relative to the business goals and the effectiveness it strives to achieve relative to the value creating system you illustrated in the previous assignment.

Appendices of diagrams or tables will NOT be included in the page limit.   Discuss as a group but
submit as individual assignments via MyUni.

3.       Challenges and Contingencies Assignment (30%), 4 page limit – DUE 5pm Thurs. 31 Oct.
Discuss and refine your business system model with your group then work out how your business
will be impacted by one of the four challenges below.  

Challenge alternatives – choose ONE;
1.      Key staff quit taking crucial knowledge with them.
2.      A stakeholder alerts you to a critical problem with your products or services.
3.      A technology failure has brought your company to a standstill.
4.      A dominant group of employees is making changes to accepted routines.

Your group is required to present a) a revised diagram of your business system, highlighting where the system would be likely to break down (illustrating the key areas of impact).  Further your group
must explain b) how and where the challenge produced major impacts to effectiveness (use the design and structure you developed from assignment 2 to help you explain), c) what action could be taken to mitigate the problem and d) what opportunities may emerge from the experience.

Limit of one page for the revised business system diagram and one page each for b), c), d).
GROUP ASSIGNMENT

4.       Final Exam – short answer questions (25%)
Questions will be based on the material covered in the lectures and tutorials.

• All assignments must be submitted by 9am on the due date via MyUni SafeAssign. 
• Limit for each assignment excludes cover page and references.
• Assignment Format WORD, 12 pt Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, 2.5 cm margins.
• Referencing must follow the author-date (Harvard) system consistent with management literature.
• In-text citations and bibliographic references must be consistent
• Late Assignment Submission - If you require an extension you need to ask the course coordinator before the due date.  If you are having trouble seek help early.
• Any late assignments will accrue late marks at the rate of 10% of the final grade per day they are  late, including any students whose assignments are late because they have failed to submit via the correct avenue i.e. Safe Assign in MyUni.
• No extensions after the due date will be given without a doctor’s certificate.  Assessment requirements are known from the start of the semester so you have plenty of warning about assignments.