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Organisational design: Know your organisation
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 20 hours
  • Course by Macquarie University
  • Offered by

About

How do you lead your organisation when today’s work environment is so competitive and complex? When you become responsible for leading an organisation, your most important leadership challenge will be enabling your organisation to deliver on its strategy while ensuring it remains sufficiently agile. This course will prepare you to tackle this challenge. You will examine what organisational culture is, the primary organisational structures, and what we mean by ‘systems’, before building on your foundational knowledge and taking a more strategic perspective. The structured learning activities that complement this course (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) will not only prepare you to take your organisation forward in a more strategic direction, but to make better decisions along the way.

Modules

Course Overview

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Course welcome and introduction

2 Readings

  • Course overview
  • Introduce yourself

Weekly outline 1

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Week 1 outline

Lesson 1

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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4 Videos

  • Organisational alignment
  • The importance of key capabilities
  • How to identify key capabilities
  • Value chain analysis

1 Readings

  • Explore Further Resources 1

Practice 1

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Recall: Organisational alignment

1 Videos

  • Habit corner 1

3 Readings

  • Practice task: Elements of organisational culture
  • Practice task: Organisational alignment
  • About the habit corner

Assessment 1

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1 Assignment

  • Week 1 quiz

Weekly outline 2

    • 1 Videos
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  • Week 2 outline

Lesson 2

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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4 Videos

  • What is organisational culture?
  • Why organisational culture is important
  • Types of organisational culture
  • Levers of cultural change

1 Readings

  • Explore further resources 2

Practice 2

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Recall: Organisational culture

2 Readings

  • Practice task: Organisational culture
  • Practice task: Analysing organisational culture, strategic fit and cultural change

Assessment

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  • Week 2 quiz

Weekly outline 3

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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  • Week 3 outline

1 Readings

  • Become a Global MBA learner

Lesson 3

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Key trade-offs in organisational structure
  • Types of organisational structure
  • Advantages and disadvantages of different structure types

1 Readings

  • Explore further resources 3

Practice 3

    • 2 Readings
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1 Assignment

  • Recall organisational structure

2 Readings

  • Practice task: Organisational structure
  • Practice task: Trade-offs

Assessment 3

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  • Week 3 quiz

Weekly outline

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Week 4 outline

Lesson 4

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • The four types of control systems
  • The balanced score card

1 Readings

  • Explore further resources 4

Practice 4

    • 2 Readings
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  • Recall: Organisational control systems

2 Readings

  • Practice task: Organisational control systems pt 1
  • Practice task: Organisational control systems pt 2

Assessment 4

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  • Week 4 quiz

Weekly outline 5

    • 1 Videos
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  • Week 5 outline

Lesson 5

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • A strategic approach to HRM
  • Strategic workforce segmentation
  • Apply a strategic workforce segmentation diagnostic tool

1 Readings

  • Explore further resources 5

Practice 5

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Recall: Strategic HRM

2 Readings

  • Practice task: Strategic HRM
  • Practice task: Applying strategic human resource management

Assessment 5

    • 1 Assignment
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  • Week 5 quiz

Week outline 6

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Week 6 outline

Lesson 6

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • From critical issues to possible solutions
  • Risk assessment of proposed solutions

Practice 6

    • 2 Readings
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  • Recall: Diagnosis to solutions

2 Readings

  • Practice task: Diagnosis to solution
  • Practice task: Wrapping up

Assessment 6

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  • Week 6 quiz

Course wrap-up

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Auto Summary

"Organisational Design: Know Your Organisation" is a foundational Business & Management course offered by Coursera, focusing on leading organizations in competitive environments. Taught through video lectures, quizzes, and discussions, it covers organizational culture, structures, and systems, preparing leaders to enhance strategic direction and decision-making. With a duration of 1200 minutes, the course offers Starter and Professional subscription options, making it ideal for aspiring leaders and managers.

Professor Jaco Lok
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Professor Jaco Lok