MNGT-C1010 - Organization Design, Lecture, 28.2.2023-18.4.2023

Topic outline

• Module 4 (20.-26.3.)
  Module 4 (20.-26.3.) - Historical embeddedness of organization forms
  
  

  • Themes: Historical embeddedness of organization forms. Metaphors and narratives in organization design.
  • Learning objectives: After the module, you are able to get perspective on how certain practices have institutionalized themselves through the historic perspective in organizational life. You are also able to compare how formal and informal organizations co-constitute each other and understand the narrative and metaphoric aspects of organizing and organization design .
    
    

  TUESDAY 21.3. :
  

  Guest Lecture on Tuesday: Perttu Salovaara (Dosent in University of Helsinki, Consultant, Author)

  Reading:
  

  Šmite, D., Moe, N. B., Floryan, M., Gonzalez-Huerta, J., Dorner, M., & Sablis, A. (2023). Decentralized decision-making and scaled autonomy at Spotify. Journal of Systems and Software, 111649.
  
  Optional: Kiechel, W. (2012). The management century. Harvard business review, 90(11), 62-75.
  

  
  Tuesday material:

  Slides
  

  
  

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  THURSDAY 23.3.

  Readings:
  

  Sackmann, S. (1989). The role of metaphors in organization transformation. Human relations, 42(6), 463-485

  Optional: Boje, D. M. (1995). Stories of the storytelling organization: A postmodern analysis of Disney as “Tamara-Land”. Academy of Management journal, 38(4), 997-1035.

  
  

  Thursday material:

  Slides