LESSON PLAN

Name of the Subject : BA5018 ORGANISATIONAL THEORY, DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

Class/ Semester : MBA –SECOND YEAR, THIRD SEM
Name of the Faculty : Mr. Vivek Sunny Joseph
OBJECTIVES:
 To learn how an organization can be designed and developed to deal with the challenges from
environment, technology, and its own processes .
OUTCOMES:
 Students will be able to analyze organizations more accurately and deeply by applying
organization theory.

No. of Lecture Reference & Page

S.No Topics to be covered
Hours Planned Nos.
ORGANISATION & ITS ENVIRONMENT
Meaning of Organisation 1 R1 Pg 1-5
Organizational Effectiveness – Creation of Value 1 R1 Pg2-7
Need for existence -– Measuring Organizational
2 R1 Pg 15-20
1 Effectiveness
External Resources Approach 1 R1 Pg 16-17
Internal Systems Approach and Technical approach 2 R1 Pg 17-19
HR implications 1 R1 Pg 58-64
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN
Organizational Design – Determinants –
2 R1 Pg 91-96
Components – Types
R1 Pg 97-98
Basic Challenges of design 1
Differentiation, Integration, Centralization,
Decentralization, Standardization, Mutual 3 R1 Pg 98-107
2 adjustment
Mechanistic and Organic Structures 2 R1 Pg 109-11
Technological and Environmental Impacts on
2 R1 Pg 112-116
Design
Importance of Design 2 R1 Pg 121-128
Success and Failures in design 2 R1 Pg 130-140
Implications for Managers 1 R1 Pg 135-144
ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE
Understanding Culture – Strong and Weak Cultures 1 R1 Pg 182-187
Types of Cultures, Importance of Culture 2 R1 Pg 187-199
3
Creating and Sustaining Culture 1 R1 Pg 200-203
Culture and Strategy 1 R1 Pg 211-233
Implications for practicing Managers 1 R1 Pg 221-234
 ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE
Change – Forces for Change - Resistance to
1 R1 Pg 278-285
Change
Types and forms of change – Evolutionary and
4 2 R1 Pg 286-296
Revolutionary change
Change process, Organisation Development 1 R1 Pg 298-304
HR functions and Strategic Change Management 1 R1 Pg 298-301
Implications for practicing Managers 1 R1 Pg 286-302
ORGANISATION EVOLUTION AND SUSTENANCE
Organizational life cycle 2 R1 Pg 312-334
Models of transformation 2 R1 Pg 324-329
5 Models of Organizational Decision making,
2 R1 Pg 344-352
Organizational Learning
Innovation, Intrapreneurship and Creativity 3 R1 Pg 378-402
HR implications 1 R1 Pg 399-402
Total 45

Reference Books:

1. Gareth R.Jones, Organisational Theory, Design & Change, Pearson Education, 6th
Edition 2011
2. Thomson G. Cummings and Christopher G. Worley, Organisational development and
Change, Cengage, 9th edition 2011
3. Robbins Organisation Theory; Structure Design & Applications, Prentice Hall of India,
2009
4. Prof. G Amutha, Prof. KG Senthilkumar, Organisational Theory, Design & Development,
Thakur Publishers.

Further Reading:

1. Bhupen Srivastava, Organisational Design and Development: Concepts application,

Biztantra , 2010.

2. Robert A Paton, James Mc Calman, Change Management, A guide to effective

implementation, Response Books, 2012

Assignment

S.No Topics Date of Submission

1. Basic Challenges of design July 27,2018
2. Importance of Culture Aug 20,2018
3. Organisational Life Cycle Sep 24, 2018

Mr. Vivek Sunny Joseph Dr. R.Saravanan

Faculty- In-Charge Principal