Organisational Design, Change and Development

Syllabus

Course Code: BA4017

Organisational Design, Change and Development

UNIT I: Organisational Design                                                                                                               9

Organisational Design – Determinants – Components – Basic Challenges of Design – Differentiation, Integration, Centralization, Decentralization, Standardization, Mutual Adjustment - Mechanistic and Organic Structures- Technological and Environmental Impacts on Design-Importance of Design – Success and Failures in Design.

UNIT II: Organisational Change                                                                                                           9

Meaning, Nature, Forces for Change- Change Agents- Change Process-Types and forms of Change[1]Models of Change-Resistance to Change – Individual Factors – organisational Factors – Techniques to Overcome Change - Change Programs – Job Redesign.

UNIT III: Organisational Development                                                                                                 9

Introduction – Evolution - Basic Values and Assumptions - Foundations of OD - Process of OD- Managing the Phases of OD- Organisational Diagnosis-Process-Stages- Techniques-Questionnaire, Interview, Workshop, Task-Force-Collecting, Analyzing - Feedback of Diagnostic Information.

UNIT IV: OD Intervention                                                                                                                     9

Human Process Interventions-Individual, Group and Inter-Group Human Relations- Structure and Technological Interventions- Strategy Interventions – Sensitivity Training – Survey Feedback, Process Consultation – Team Building – Inter-Group Development.

UNIT V: Organisational Evolution and Sustenance                                                                             9

Organisational Life Cycle – Models of Transformation – Models of Organisational Decision Making – Organisational Learning – Innovation, Intrapreneurship and Creativity-HR Implications.