The course aims to provide students with knowledge about methodologies and analysis tools suitable for interpreting, systematizing, engineering, and re-engineering different organizations' structures, processes, and operational mechanisms. The course aims to prepare students to address issues related to planning, business transformation, organizational strategy, organizational culture development and management, business model redefinition, and managing organizational change. The focus of the course is also digital transformation, understood as the process of aligning digital technology, skills, organizational processes, and business models, aimed at creating new value for stakeholders and maintaining organizational sustainability in a constantly changing business ecosystem. This training will enable the student to accrue an organic and comprehensive view of organizational design at both the intra-organizational and inter-organizational levels. It will also be devoted to decision-making issues and information technology's role in organizational design and decision-making contexts.
Course Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites for this course.
Teaching Methods
In addition to lectures during the course, space will be given to analyze and discuss cases developed by students. To complete the course, industry experts in leading national and international companies will be invited to testify. In addition, throughout the academic year, individual reception services run by the lecturer are available at the times indicated on the web pages (without the need to make a specific appointment) and are constantly updated. All slides will be made available as study materials on the KIRO platform during lectures.
Assessment Methods
The test is intended to ascertain the following: the knowledge of the topics on the syllabus, with particular reference to their application and methodological aspects; the ability to apply the logical schemes to the various organizational design problems presented; the depth and breadth of knowledge gained; the property of language; the ability to use the techniques and tools covered in the course. The final evaluation, which considers any activities (such as conducting case studies) carried out during the course, is expressed in 30ths. Students who have carried out the case will be awarded up to 3 points (in 30ths) based on the effort they have put into the in-depth study of the case. These points can be added to the final grade if it is found to be sufficient (18/30 and above). For non-attending students: Grading is based solely on a written exam. The written exam consists of three open-ended questions, each worth 0 to 10 points. The final grade is obtained by adding up the points obtained by answering the three questions. The written exam for non-attending students is based on the course textbook, so it is important to thoroughly study the textbook to perform well in the exam. The written exam for attending students is based on the materials discussed in class and is available on the course page on KIRO.
Texts
Cadonati, R., de Gennaro, F., & de Gennaro, G. (2019). Change Management: opportunità o minaccia?: La gestione del cambiamento personale e nelle aziende. FrancoAngeli.
Contents
The program will cover the following topics: - Introduction to Change Management - Reengineering business processes - Business networks - The language of processes (BPMN) - Define the digital goals - KPIs - The POPIT model - The business model change process - Managing staff change (upskilling/reskilling) - Management changes for top managers - Introduction to innovation management - Managing the process of technological change - Introduction Industry 4.0 - Introduction to data analysis (machine learning models)