Topic outline

  • Module 5 (27.3.-2.4.) - Initiating and "doing” the change

    • Themes: Initiating and "doing” the change. Basic tools of doing organizational development.
    • Learning objectives: After the module, you are able to capture the systemic and nonlinear nature of organizational design, learn to comprehend and appraise how ”imperfect-by-design” relates to organization design. You will also learn basics on how to setup structures for continuous, iterative, and user-centric organization design .

    TUESDAY 28.3. :
    Guest Lecture on Tuesday: Anna-Mari Fagerström (Futurice, Head of Strategy & Culture Consultancy)


    Mandatory readings:

    Garud, R., Jain, S., & Tuertscher, P. (2008). Incomplete by design and designing for incompleteness. Organization studies, 29(3), 351-371. 

    Tuesday material:

    Slides (Jori)

    Slides (Anna-Mari)


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    THURSDAY 30.3.

    Mandatory readings:

    Dunbar, R. L., & Starbuck, W. H. (2006). Learning to design organizations and learning from designing them. Organization Science, 17(2), 171-178. 

    Madsen, P., Desai, V., Roberts, K., & Wong, D. (2006). Mitigating hazards through continuing design: The birth and evolution of a pediatric intensive care unit. Organization Science, 17(2), 239-248. 

    Optional: Suarez, F. F., & Montes, J. S. (2020). Building organizational resilience. Harvard Business Review98(6), 47-52.

    Thursday material:

    Slides

    Workshop slides