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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
Organization Theory/Structure and Design program provides a comprehensive view to one of the most significant topics in administrative sciences: organization theory. It is an eight-week postgraduate online course in management studies. The syllabus is designed by professor Zillur Rahman from IIT Roorkee and is available to audit for free on the Swayam online learning platform.
Organization Theory/Structure and Design certification is a core course that talks in detail about organization theory, covering various topics such as organization theory effectiveness, dimensions of organization theory, evolution, applications, and contemporary issues. It provides a pragmatic approach using real-life examples and aims to be a useful guide for business professionals.
Organization Theory/Structure and Design has periodic assignments and a written examination at the end of the course to motivate participants and help them evaluate their progress. The course provides a list of books for additional studies and an e-certificate for interested candidates. This is an AICTE approved FDP course.
The Highlights
- AICTE approved
- Faculty development program
- The collaboration of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee
- Core postgraduate course
- Management studies category
- Eight-week online course
- Free to audit
- Assignments, real-life examples, and a written exam
- E-certificate offered
- Available on Swayam
- List of books for reference
Programme Offerings
- assignments
- E-certificate offered
- Real-life Examples
- Written exam
- Faculty development programme
- Collaboration of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee
- Management Studies category
- List of books for reference
- Core postgraduate course
- Free to audit
- AICTE approved.
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Roorkee |
- Organization Theory/Structure and Design training is free to join and audit. For candidates who want to appear for an examination at the end of the term, the exam fee is Rs. 1,000.
Organization Theory/Structure and Design program fee structure -
Course Name | Fee |
Organization Theory/Structure and Design (Final exam qualification) | Rs. 1,000 |
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates who wish to enroll in the Organization Theory/Structure and Design program need to be business graduates.
Certificate Qualifying Details
For certificate qualification, candidates need to achieve a minimum of 10/25 on assignments and 30/75 on the final exam. The final score will be the sum of the exam score and assignment score. The final score should be more than or equal to 40/100.
For the assignment score, candidates need to submit all the periodic assignments. The best score received on 6 of the 8 assignments will be averaged to calculate the score. For the final exam, candidates have to sit in an end-of-the-term offline examination.
What you will learn
Organization Theory/Structure and Design program provides extensive knowledge about the following topics with details subsections for deeper understanding:
- Overview and evolution of organization theory
- Determinants of structure
- Organizational design options
- Adhocracy
- Bureaucracy
- Contemporary issues in organization theory
Who it is for
Organization Theory/Structure and Design is intended for candidates who have completed their MBA or M.Com.
Admission Details
Organization Theory/Structure and Design by Swayam has a short and easy enrolment process, as given below:
Step 1: Go to https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc22_mg41/preview and read the course details. If the course is open for enrollment. Click on ‘Join.’
Step 2: Sign in/sign up/log in to the Swayam website with credentials.
Step 3: If required, fill the online exam form and pay the exam fee.
The enrolment process is completed. Candidates can join from the start date of the course.
Application Details
The Organization Theory/Structure and Design program does not have a separate online form. However, it does have an online exam form for the optional exam. To enrol in the course and fill the exam form, candidates must sign up using a valid email address, username, and password. They can skip the sign-in by logging into using their existing Swayam account, or their Facebook, Microsoft, or Google account.
The Syllabus
An Overview
- Some basic definitions
- Why study organization theory
- The biological metaphor
The Evolution of Organization Theory
- Developing a framework
- Early contributors
- Type 1 theorists
- Type 2 theorists
- Type 3 theorists
- Type 4 theorists
Organizational Effectiveness
- Importance of organizational effectiveness
- The goal-attainment approach
- The systems approach
- The strategic-constituencies approach
- The competing-values approach
- Comparing the four approaches
Dimensions of Organization Structure
- Complexity
- Formalization
Strategy
- What is strategy
- types of strategy
- Classifying strategic dimensions
- Chandler’s strategy-structure thesis
- Contemporary strategy-structure theory
- Limitations to the strategy imperative
- Could strategy follow structure
- The industry-structure relationship
Organization Size
- Defining organization size
- Advocates and critics of the size imperative
- Special issues relating to size
Technology
- Influence of industry and size
- The common denominator: Routineness, Work-unit level versus organizational level, Manufacturing versus service technologies, Technology and structure
Environment
- Defining environment and environmental uncertainty
- The environmental imperative
- Environment-structure relationship
Power-Control
- Strategic choice
- Synthesizing power control view
- Implications based on the power-control view
Organizational Design Options
- Case for standard configurations
- Common elements in organizations
- Simple structure, Machine bureaucracy
- Divisional structure, Adhocracy
Bureaucracy: A Closer Look
- Weber’s bureaucracy
- dysfunctional consequences of bureaucracy
Bureaucracy: A Closer Look – contd.
- Is bureaucracy a structural dinosaur
- Bureaucracies are everywhere
Adhocracy: A Closer Look
- The matrix
- Theory Z
- Collateral form
- Network structure
- Other examples of adhocracy
Managing the Environment
- Management’s quest to control its environment
- Internal strategies
- External strategies
- Guidelines for managing the environment
Managing Organizational Change
- Planned change and structural change
- A model for managing organizational change
- The innovating organization
- Descriptive view of organizational change
Managing Organizational Conflict
- Defining conflict
- Conflict and organizational effectiveness
- Sources of organizational conflict
Managing Organizational Conflict – contd.
- Resolution techniques
- Stimulation techniques
Managing Organizational Culture
- Defining organizational culture
- Culture and organizational effectiveness
- Culture: A substitute for formalization
- Creating
- sustaining and transmitting culture
- When cultures collide: mergers and acquisitions, Are cultures manageable?
Managing Organizational Evolution
- Managing organizational growth and organizational decline
Evaluation process
Organization Theory/Structure and Design training certification consists of two criteria.
Assignments submission and marks carry 25% of the final score. Participants must submit all the assignments to score the minimum passing marks.
For the rest of the 75% of the final score, they must appear for an in-person proctored examination that will be held at the end of the course. The exact dates of the exam, the exam center, and other details will be provided to the participants. They must score the minimum passing marks to clear the exam.
Candidates who pass both criteria will be given an e-certificate, which will carry their exam score, assignment score, and final score.