COVENANT UNIVERSITY
College of Business and Social Sciences
2014/2015 session
COURSE COMPACT
College:
College of Business and Social Sciences
Department:
Business Management
Programme:
Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
Course code & Title: IRH 416: Organizational Structure & Design
Units:
2 units
Course Lecturers:
DR. OSIBANJO, DR. ADENIJI, DR. OJO, MR. SALAU, MR. FALOLA
AND MRS. OYEWUNMI
Class Meeting Days:
Friday ‐ 10:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm (G401A)
Semester:
Alpha Semester
(a)
Course Description and Objectives
We spend most of our professional lives in organizations. Organizations shape our identities and define our
place in the society. The purpose of this course is to introduce the students to the practice and theory of
organizations with some of its complexities. This will include an understanding of organization goals,
various designs and structures available for different organizational contexts, organization culture, and
processes like decision-making, communication and politics. In the later part, the course will go into the
cutting edge problems and emerging organization issues & relevant designs. The course will help build a
perspective on organization design & behaviour including the recent advancements and link them up with
various relevant theoretical streams.
(b)
Methods of teaching and teaching aids:
 Lecture Delivery Methods: classroom and tutorials
 Use of Multi-media based lecture via projector
 Use of current literatures and journals
(c)
Course Outline
Module A: Introduction to the Concept of Organizations
Week 1: Introduction and General overview of organization
Module B: Organization Structures and Systems
Week 2: Fundamentals of Organizational Structure
(i)
Introduction and definition of organizational structure
(ii)
Understanding the importance, components and determinant of Organization Structures
Week 3 and 4: Various Types of Organizational Structures
Module C: Foundation of Organizational Design Process
Week 5 and 6: The Concept of Organizational Design
 Differences between organizational design and structure
 Relationship between Structure and Environment
 Types of Organizational Design Decisions
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Division of Labor
Departmentalization
Span of Control
Authority
Week 7: Mid-Semester Examination
Week 8: Organization Design Process
Module D: Organizational Design & Chart
Week 9: Organizational Design Models
Week 10: (i) Multinational Structure and Design
(ii)
Virtual Organizations
(iii)
Boundaryless Organizations
(iv)
Symptoms of Structural Weakness
Week 11: Structural Roles of Managers Today versus Managers of the Future
Module E: Contemporary Designs and Challenges
Week 12: Major challenges in the design of an effective organizational structure.
Week 12: Revision
(d) Method of Grading:
Class test/assignment: 15 marks
Mid semester test:
15 marks
Semester examination: 70 marks
Total
=
100 marks