COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND DESIGN IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IUI 7054 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND DESIGN IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

International Business Administration (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OYTUN BORAN SEZGIN

Offered to

International Business Administration (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the evolution of organizational structures for a globalizing firm and the basic characteristics in the design of an effective organizational structure

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   should be able to understand the importance of organizational structure and design
2   should be able to list the determinants of a firm's choice of organizational structure
3   should be able to specify the difference of structure & configuration between classic and modern organizations
4   should be able to understand the evolution of organizational structures for a globalizing firm
5   should be able to enumerate the basic characteristics of a global product structure, a global area structure, a matrix structure and a transnational networks structure

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 Introduction and Course Description
2 2 Introduction- What's the organizational structure The importance of Organizational structure
3 3 Managing in changing environment
4 4 Organizational structure I (Control)
5 5 Organizational structure II (Coordination)
6 6 Organization size, growth and life cycle
7 7 The relationship between Culture and structure
8 8 International strategy and Organization design fit
9 9 Technology and structure
10 10 Organizational Designs for Global advantage
11 11 Stuructural designs for global operations I :Global product structure, Global geographic structure
12 12 Stuructural designs for global operations II: Global Matrix Structure and Transnational network structure
13 13 Japanese firms' structure :Keiretsu
14 14 Conclusion and Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1.JONES, Garets R. (2004), "Organizational Theory, Design, and Change :Text and Cases" , Fourth edition,
2.DAFT, Richard L. (1995), "Organization Theory and Design" Fifth Edition
3.STONEHOUSE,G.,J.HAMMIL, D. CAMPBELL and PURDIE T. (2004), "Global and Transnational Business: Strategy and Management", Second edition

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, group presentations,case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

boran.sezgin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 3 3
Midterm 1 7 7
Final 1 7 7
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51