Università Roma Tre

1. Introduction: the characteristics of the field of study and the specificities of "Business Organization"
2. The organizational literature: an outline of the history of organizational thought
3. The organizational design choices (organizational design): the levels of analysis and intervention
4. Work design choices
4.1 A theoretical study: the analysis and discussion of the theory of the Scientific Management by Frederick Taylor
4.2 The reassembly of the divided work: the job redesign approach and the socio-technical approach
4.3 The post-Fordist approaches: Human Relation; Human Resource; socio-technical approach
4.4 The new forms of work organization: Industry 4.0 and Flexible work arrangements
5. Human Resources Management
5.1 Phases, activities and methodologies
5.2 Actors of the HRM
5.3 The analysis of positions: tools and methods adopted in business practice
6. Work process design choices (inter-organizational relations): post-Fordism solutions and organizational techniques
7. Design choices of the organizational structure (business structure)
7.1 The problem of choosing the "formal configuration" of the organization: the origins of the topic in the literature
7.2 Traditional organizational structures: the functional structure, the divisional structure (the M form), the matrix structure.
7.3 The "post-Fordist" organizational structures: the process structure, the modular structure, the internal network.
7.4 Business groups and Holding companies8. Design choices of organizational boundaries
8.1 The problem of the "boundaries" of the firm: origins and evolution of the literature on the subject
8.2 Outsourcing choices
8.3. Alliances and collaboration agreements between companies (motivations and contractual forms)
8.4 Business networks (outline)

The textbook is under revision. Additional readings will be posted online at the beginning of the course

1. Introduction: the characteristics of the field of study and the specificities of "Business Organization"

2. The organizational literature: an outline of the history of organizational thought

3. The organizational design choices (organizational design): the levels of analysis and intervention

4. Decisions about for work design A theoretical study: the analysis and discussion of the theory of the Scientific Management by Frederick Taylor
4.2 The reassembly of the divided work: the job redesign approach and the socio-technical approach
4.3 The post-Fordist approaches: Human Relation; Human Resource; socio-technical approach
4.4 The new forms of work organization: Industry 4.0 and Flexible work arrangements

5. Human Resources Management
5.1 Phases, activities and methodologies
5.2 Actors of the HRM
5.3 The analysis of positions: tools and methods adopted in business practice

6. Work process design choices (inter-organizational relations): post-Fordism solutions and organizational techniques

7. Design choices of the organizational structure (business structure)
7.1 The problem of choosing the "formal configuration" of the organization: the origins of the topic in the literature
7.2 Traditional organizational structures: the functional structure, the divisional structure (the M form), the matrix structure.
7.3 The "post-Fordist" organizational structures: the process structure, the modular structure, the internal network.
7.4 Business groups and Holding companies

8. Design choices of organizational boundaries
8.1 The problem of the "boundaries" of the firm: origins and evolution of the literature on the subject
8.2 Outsourcing choices
8.3. Alliances and collaboration agreements between companies (motivations and contractual forms)
8.4 Business networks (outline)

Decastri M. (2016) Leggere le organizzazioni. Le teorie e i modelli per capire. Manuale di organizzazione aziendale
Textbook provided by the instructor