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Time to Reorganize! Understand Organizations, Act, and Build a Meaningful World.
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 20 hours
  • Course by HEC Paris
  • Offered by

About

We are in constant relationship with many organizations. Our world is submitted to regular changes as organizations evolve, come and go. Understanding your memberships and attachments to organizations will help you act on your world. You'll learn how to evaluate the influence of organizations around you and how to transform your relationships to reach a stronger coherence. Do you feel sometime that the world around you is disorganized? Can you make sense of all the information at your reach and have an impact on this situation? Have you ever thought that this conundrum may be due to all the organizations that emerge, strive or wane, and disappear every day? Organizations are ubiquitous, from clubs and associations to firms and public agencies. Organizations confer meaning to all of us, and our attachment and membership to organizations have a profound effect on all areas of our lives. But in our increasingly turbulent world, these organizations run the risk of disappearing or losing their legitimacy, steering a sense of pointlessness and absurdity. This course develops an integrative approach to understanding organizations and their behaviors, termed ‘orgology’. It explains that organizations can act strategically to protect and renew the sense of membership and attachment of individuals. So doing, organizations that survive and thrive impose their logics of action onto society, thereby influencing what is legitimate or not. In turn, individuals, you, all of us, must reinterpret our multiple associations with organizations and contribute to reinforce or inhibit social evolutions. This new way of understanding organizations’ relationships with society results in reconsidering management and the role of individuals in building their future. There is no prerequisite to this course, you are all welcome ! Students and people interested in the fields of management, sociology, strategy, economics leadership etc… will benefit a lot from this course. For the session of this course starting on January 11th, Professor Rodolphe Durand will actively be participating and interacting with learners. He will be offering "office hours" sessions through google hangouts and answering learner questions from the forums. We hope this direct interaction will add to your learner experience! Please enroll today!

Modules

Syllabus

    • 2 Readings
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2 Readings

  • Welcome to Module 1
  • Syllabus

Lesson 1

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Personal Test - Video 1.1.2

2 Videos

  • 1.1.1 Why Organizations Matter
  • 1.1.2 Organizations and You

1 Readings

  • Organizations are everywhere!

Lesson 2

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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5 Videos

  • 1.2.1 From the Organization of Production to the Production of Organizations
  • 1.2.2 The Creusot Steam Hammer Example
  • 1.3.1 What Organizations Are
  • 1.3.2 Sociology of the Social
  • 1.3.3 Sociology of Association

1 Readings

  • Living in a world centered around organizations

Lesson 3

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • 1.4 Defining Organizations as Solution Providers
  • 1.5 From Res-sources to the Construction of Meaning

1 Readings

  • Powerful organizations

Quiz

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Graded Quiz 1

1 Readings

  • To complete the course...

Readings

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Suggested Readings

Introduction to the sessions

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Welcome to Module 2

Lesson 1

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • 2.1 Organizations versus Individuals
  • 2.2 Where Organizations and Individuals Meet: the Public Space

1 Readings

  • Individuals without organizations?

Lesson 2

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • 2.3.1 The Public Space and the Logics of Action
  • 2.3.2 A Typology of Logic of Actions

1 Readings

  • Introducing the interface between individuals and organizations

Lesson 3

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • 2.4 Logics of Actions and the Legitimacy of Organizations
  • 2.5 A Source of Disorganization: Legitimacy Loss

1 Readings

  • The implications of the logics of action

Interviews

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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2 Videos

  • Bernard Ramananstoa, Former Dean of HEC Paris, answers Rodolphe's questions about Logics of Action
  • Martin Hirsch, Director of the AP-HP Paris, answers Rodolphe's questions

2 Readings

  • Bernard Ramanantsoa, Former Dean of HEC Paris - biography
  • Martin Hirsh, director of the AP-HP, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris - biography

Quiz

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1 Assignment

  • Graded Quiz 2

Peer Assessment #1

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Describe a situation

Introduction to the sessions

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Welcome to module 3

Lesson 1

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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4 Videos

  • 3.1 Logic of the Market, Performance Test
  • 3.2 Competitive Advantage: a Definition
  • 3.3 Competition: External Analysis
  • 3.4 Competition: Internal Analysis

1 Readings

  • Competition & competitive advantage: an integrative framework

Lesson 2

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • 3.5 Competitive Advantage and Meaning
  • 3.6 Limits of Performance
  • 3.7 Meaning, Performance, and Competition

1 Readings

  • Competitive advantage: discussions & implications

Practice Article Quizzes

    • 3 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Article Quiz: How Marijuana Legalization Became a Majority Movement
  • Article Quiz: Sharing Economy: the Next Phase for the Sharing Economy

3 Readings

  • About Article Quizzes
  • Article: How marijuana legalization became a majority movement
  • Article: Sharing economy : the next phase for the sharing economy

Graded Quizzes

    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Graded Quiz 3
  • Graded Article Quiz: Myanmar’s Mobile Phone Revolution

1 Readings

  • Article: Myanmar’s mobile phone revolution

Introduction to the sessions

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Enriching your experience

Lesson 1

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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4 Videos

  • 4.1 Disorganization and You
  • 4.2 Time to Reorganize: Engage!
  • 4.3 Time to Reorganize: Resist!
  • 4.4 Time to Reorganize: Rearrange!

1 Readings

  • Interacting with organizations

Lesson 2

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • 4.5 Understanding Sources of Disorganization
  • 4.6 Management and Organizations
  • 4.7 Time to Reorganize

1 Readings

  • Food for thoughts

Interviews

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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2 Videos

  • Emmanuel Faber, CEO of Danone
  • Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO of GDF-SUEZ

2 Readings

  • Emmanuel Faber, CEO of Danone - biography
  • Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO of GDF SUEZ - biography

Practice Article Quizzes

    • 3 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Article Quiz: 3D Printing
  • Article Quiz: Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

3 Readings

  • About Article Quizzes
  • Article: 3D Printing
  • Article: Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

Graded quizzes

    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Quiz 4
  • Graded Article Quiz: Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower

1 Readings

  • Article: Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower

Peer Assessment #2

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Find a way to reorganize when facing a situation

Final Practice Article Quizzes

    • 4 Readings
    • 4 Assignment
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4 Assignment

  • Article Quiz: Will MOOCs Be Flukes?
  • Article Quiz: Amazon Counts Cost as Christmas Veto Campaign Gathers
  • Article Quiz: Is Uber the Worst Company in Silicon Valley?
  • Article Quiz: Can Whole Foods Can Change the Way Poor People Eat?

4 Readings

  • Article: Will MOOCs be Flukes?
  • Article: Amazon counts cost as Christmas veto campaign gathers
  • Article: Is Uber the worst company in Silicon Valley?
  • Article: Can Whole Foods Can Change the Way Poor People Eat?

Final Exam

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Final Exam (graded)

Auto Summary

Unlock the secrets of organizational dynamics with "Time to Reorganize!" Led by Professor Rodolphe Durand, this personal development course delves into 'orgology' to help you understand, evaluate, and transform your relationships with various organizations. Ideal for students and professionals in management, sociology, and related fields, this foundational course offers direct interaction with the instructor. Available on Coursera, the course spans 1200 minutes and comes with a Starter subscription. Enroll now to build a meaningful world through strategic organizational insight!

Rodolphe Durand
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Rodolphe Durand