Organizational Design

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Organization Design is a formal, guided process for integrating the people, information and technology of an organization. It is used to match the form of the organization as closely as possible to the purpose the organization seeks to achieve. Through the design process, organizations act to improve the probability that the collective efforts of members will be successful. This course focuses on effective organizational design in both traditional and innovative organizations, with special emphasis on innovative organizational forms that can provide strategic advantage. Topics include when to use functional, divisional or matrix organizations, how IT creates new organizational opportunities, and examples of innovative organization possiblilties, such as democratic decision-making, crowd-based organizations internal resource markets, and other forms of collective intelligence.