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

Topic outline

• Module 6 (3.-16.4.)
  Module 6 (3.-16.4.) - New perspectives and overview

  
  

  • Themes: New perspectives to organizing and organization design. Summary and overview. 
  • Learning objectives: In this module, you get insights into contemporary discussions on organizations and organizing. You are also able to analyze how different perspectives in organization design link together .
    
    

  TUESDAY 4.4. :
  Guest Lecture on Tuesday: Reima Launonen (PhD Researcher in University of Helsinki, Consultant)
  
  

  Mandatory readings:
  

  Read one of the two (or both if you'd like)

  Option 1: Forcadell, F. J. (2005). Democracy, cooperation and business success: The case of Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa. Journal of Business Ethics, 56(3), 255-274.  

  Option 2: Battilana, J., Fuerstein, M., & Lee, M. Y. (2018). New prospects for organizational democracy? How the joint pursuit of social and financial goals challenges traditional organizational designs. 
  
  Additional optional readings:
  Optional: Bernstein, E., Bunch, J., Canner, N., & Lee, M. (2016). Beyond the holacracy hype. Harvard business review, 94(7), 8.
  Optional: Hamel, G. (2011). First, let’s fire all the managers. Harvard Business Review, 89(12), 48-60.
  Optional: Foss, N. J., & Klein, P. G. (2014). Why managers still matter. MIT Sloan Management Review.
  

  Tuesday materials:

  
  

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  Spring break 6 Apr – 12 Apr 2023
  
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  THURSDAY 13.4.
  Guest Lecture on Thursday: Henri Schildt (Professor, Aalto BIZ)

  Mandatory readings:
  
  Schildt, H. (2020). The data imperative: How digitalization is reshaping management, organizing, and work. Oxford University Press, USA. - Chapter 7

  Direct access:
  

  https://mycourses.aalto.fi/pluginfile.php/1773902/course/section/220351/Schildt%202020%20Chapter%207.pdf?time=1678087921850
  
  Thursday materials:

  
  

  Henri's slides
  

  Summary slides