Iqra University

Organization Theory and Design

Course Code
: MGT 311
Pre-requisite: MGT 211
Introduction:
Typically corporate strategy rests on two pillars of organizational strategy and technology
strategy. The three components of strategy , corporate strategy, organizational strategy, and
technology strategy needs to be synchronized to get optimum leverage in executing strategy.
Thus an understanding of organizational design, structures, and processes, and their relationship
to technology is needed in order to develop an organizational strategy consistent with corporate
strategy and technologies.
This course aims to prepare you to participate in the design of high performance organizations.
The first session will provide you with the introduction, and some basic concepts of
organization structure
The rest of the sessions consists of sessions that address the external and internal factors that
influence organization design. Here we discuss:
The effects of external environment on organization structure.
The role of technology in shaping organizations.
The organizational life cycle.
Organizational controls
The challenge of innovation
Decision making
Power and politics
The process of organization design
Learning Objectives of the course:
After attending this course you will be able to:
1
Analyze organizations from open system and contingency perspective
2
Describe the impact of contextual factors (environment, technology, size, goals) on the
structure of an organization
3
Analyze the contextual factors for a given organization and recommend organizational
design that is appropriate under such conditions
4
Describe the forces that are driving organizational change .
5
Describe the various types of controls and conditions under which each type of control
is most effective.
6
Describe the role of power and politics in an organization and how it impacts the
various processes within an organization
7
Develop preliminary skills in diagnosing organizations and developing organizational
and technical strategies to meet the organizations strategic needs
Prescribed Text:
Organization Theory and Design: Author Richard L. Daft; , Southwestern Learning press