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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Organization Theory/Structure and Design program provides a comprehensive view to one of the most significant topics in administrative sciences: organization theory. It is an eight-week postgraduate online course in management studies. The syllabus is designed by professor Zillur Rahman from IIT Roorkee and is available to audit for free on the Swayam online learning platform.

Organization Theory/Structure and Design certification is a core course that talks in detail about organization theory, covering various topics such as organization theory effectiveness, dimensions of organization theory, evolution, applications, and contemporary issues. It provides a pragmatic approach using real-life examples and aims to be a useful guide for business professionals.

Organization Theory/Structure and Design has periodic assignments and a written examination at the end of the course to motivate participants and help them evaluate their progress. The course provides a list of books for additional studies and an e-certificate for interested candidates. This is an AICTE approved FDP course.

The Highlights

AICTE approved
Faculty development program
The collaboration of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee
Core postgraduate course
Management studies category
Eight-week online course
Free to audit
Assignments, real-life examples, and a written exam
E-certificate offered
Available on Swayam
List of books for reference

Programme Offerings

assignments
E-certificate offered
Real-life Examples
Written exam
Faculty development programme
Collaboration of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee
Management Studies category
List of books for reference
Core postgraduate course
Free to audit
AICTE approved

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	IIT Roorkee

Organization Theory/Structure and Design training is free to join and audit. For candidates who want to appear for an examination at the end of the term, the exam fee is Rs. 1,000.

Organization Theory/Structure and Design program fee structure

Course Name	Fee
Organization Theory/Structure and Design (Final exam qualification)	Rs. 1,000

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates who wish to enroll in the Organization Theory/Structure and Design program need to be business graduates.

Certificate Qualifying Details

For certificate qualification, candidates need to achieve a minimum of 10/25 on assignments and 30/75 on the final exam. The final score will be the sum of the exam score and assignment score. The final score should be more than or equal to 40/100.

For the assignment score, candidates need to submit all the periodic assignments. The best score received on 6 of the 8 assignments will be averaged to calculate the score. For the final exam, candidates have to sit in an end-of-the-term offline examination.

What you will learn

Organization Theory/Structure and Design program provides extensive knowledge about the following topics with details subsections for deeper understanding:

Overview and evolution of organization theory
Determinants of structure
Organizational design options
Adhocracy
Bureaucracy
Contemporary issues in organization theory

Who it is for

Organization Theory/Structure and Design is intended for candidates who have completed their MBA or M.Com.

Admission Details

Organization Theory/Structure and Design by Swayam has a short and easy enrolment process, as given below:

Step 1: Go to https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_mg33/preview and read the course details. If the course is open for enrollment. Click on ‘Join.’

Step 2: Sign in/sign up/log in to the Swayam website with credentials.

Step 3: If required, fill the online exam form and pay the exam fee.

The enrolment process is completed. Candidates can join from the start date of the course.

Application Details

The Organization Theory/Structure and Design program does not have a separate online form. However, it does have an online exam form for the optional exam. To enrol in the course and fill the exam form, candidates must sign up using a valid email address, username, and password. They can skip the sign-in by logging into using their existing Swayam account, or their Facebook, Microsoft, or Google account.

The Syllabus

An Overview

Some basic definitions
Why study organization theory
The biological metaphor

The Evolution of Organization Theory

Developing a framework
Early contributors
Type 1 theorists
Type 2 theorists
Type 3 theorists
Type 4 theorists

Organizational Effectiveness

Importance of organizational effectiveness
The goal-attainment approach
The systems approach
The strategic-constituencies approach
The competing-values approach
Comparing the four approaches

Dimensions of Organization Structure

Complexity
Formalization

Strategy

What is strategy
types of strategy
Classifying strategic dimensions
Chandler’s strategy-structure thesis
Contemporary strategy-structure theory
Limitations to the strategy imperative
Could strategy follow structure
The industry-structure relationship

Organization Size

Defining organization size
Advocates and critics of the size imperative
Special issues relating to size

Technology

Influence of industry and size
The common denominator: Routineness, Work-unit level versus organizational level, Manufacturing versus service technologies, Technology and structure

Environment

Defining environment and environmental uncertainty
The environmental imperative
Environment-structure relationship

Power-Control

Strategic choice
Synthesizing power control view
Implications based on the power-control view

Organizational Design Options

Case for standard configurations
Common elements in organizations
Simple structure, Machine bureaucracy
Divisional structure, Adhocracy

Bureaucracy: A Closer Look

Weber’s bureaucracy
dysfunctional consequences of bureaucracy

Bureaucracy: A Closer Look – contd.

Is bureaucracy a structural dinosaur
Bureaucracies are everywhere

Adhocracy: A Closer Look

The matrix
Theory Z
Collateral form
Network structure
Other examples of adhocracy

Managing the Environment

Management’s quest to control its environment
Internal strategies
External strategies
Guidelines for managing the environment

Managing Organizational Change

Planned change and structural change
A model for managing organizational change
The innovating organization
Descriptive view of organizational change

Managing Organizational Conflict

Defining conflict
Conflict and organizational effectiveness
Sources of organizational conflict

Managing Organizational Conflict – contd.

Resolution techniques
Stimulation techniques

Managing Organizational Culture

Defining organizational culture
Culture and organizational effectiveness
Culture: A substitute for formalization
Creating
sustaining and transmitting culture
When cultures collide: mergers and acquisitions, Are cultures manageable?

Managing Organizational Evolution

Managing organizational growth and organizational decline

Evaluation process

Organization Theory/Structure and Design training certification consists of two criteria.

Assignments submission and marks carry 25% of the final score. Participants must submit all the assignments to score the minimum passing marks.

For the rest of the 75% of the final score, they must appear for an in-person proctored examination that will be held at the end of the course. The exact dates of the exam, the exam center, and other details will be provided to the participants. They must score the minimum passing marks to clear the exam.

Candidates who pass both criteria will be given an e-certificate, which will carry their exam score, assignment score, and final score.