Organizational Design –

org581

(3 credits)

This course prepares students to design organizations that adapt to environmental changes through innovation. Students will prepare a plan to incorporate innovation into organizational design to align an organization with a change in strategy. Other topics include the learning organization, authority and control, specialization and coordination, intrapreneurship, and lateral organizations.

This graduate-level course is 6 weeks. To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.

Topics and Objectives

Organizational Environment
- Analyze the external environment of an organization.
- Analyze the stakeholder and managers of an organization.
- Determine metrics for organizational effectiveness.
Change Through Innovation
- Analyze the impact of innovation and technological change on an organization.
- Determine the appropriate innovation process.
- Develop strategies to create a culture for innovation.
Organizational Strategies for Change
- Analyze the current organizational strategy.
- Analyze the organization’s use of technology.
- Recommend changes to the organizational strategy.
Organizational Culture and Organizational Change
- Recommend strategies to reshape the organizational culture.
- Determine the desired future status of the organization and changes needed.
- Develop strategies to improve organizational decision making and organizational learning.
- Develop strategies to manage conflict, power, and politics.
Organizational Design and Structure
- Evaluate the existing organizational design.
- Analyze challenges of organizational design.
- Recommend strategies to reengineer the organizational structure.
Facilitating Organizational Change
- Recommend changes to the organization design in responding to the changing environment.

The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Organizational Design –

org581

Organizational Environment

Change Through Innovation

Organizational Strategies for Change

Organizational Culture and Organizational Change

Organizational Design and Structure

Facilitating Organizational Change

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