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Organizational Design

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Course Unit Code157-0326/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
VRA31Ing. Blanka Bazsová, Ph.D.
Summary
Students will gain required knowledge in the area of creating organization positions, organization system and approaches to the staff assessment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal of the subject is to discuss the methodological foundations related to the organization design, to identify organization problems,suggest the organisation structure and evaluate organisation measures.
Course Contents
Content of lectures:
1. Basic concepts and importance of organizational design. Methodological principles and approaches to
organizational design.
2. Model and computer support for organizational design. Software products, description, structure.
3. Model and computer support for the analysis of factors influencing the organization's structuring.
Size, age, surroundings, strategy, technology, structure, globalization.
4. Formal organizational structures. Characteristics of individual forms, their advantages and
disadvantages.
5. Objectives of organizational planning and the structure of organizational planning. Approaches to
setting goals. Organizational design as a decision-making process.
6. Organizational diagnosis. Goals, focus, basic stages, methods.
7. Designing organizational positions and organizational units. Specialization of work, formalization of
behavior, education and training.
8. Dimensions of decision-making delegation. Centralization, decentralization, the issue of delegation.
9. Organizational and management standards, their meaning and creation.
10. Social climate and culture of the organization.
11. Human resources and its relationship to organizing. Activities of the personnel department. Methods
and approaches to employee evaluation. Significance in the creation of organizational measures.
12. Human resources and its relationship to business strategy. Human Resource Management. Methods and
approaches to workers compensation.
13. Organizing processes. Process organization methods and models. Model and computer support for process
analysis and design.
14. Evaluation of the organization's performance. Approaches to performance appraisal.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
GRIFFIN, Ricky W.; PHILLIPS, Jean a GULLY, Stanley Morris. Organizational behavior: managing people and organizations. 13E. Boston: Cengage, 2020. 576 s. ISBN 978-0-357-04250-2.
BURKE, Wyatt Warner. Organization change: theory and practice. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, c2008. 335 s. ISBN 978-1-4129-2670-6.
ROBBINS, Stephen P. a JUDGE, Tim. Organizational behavior. Edition 16. Always learning. Boston: Pearson, 2015. ISBN 978-1-292-05655-5.
BAZSOVÁ, Blanka, Anna KŘÍŽOVÁ a Petr ŘEHÁČEK. Teorie organizace. Přístupy, metody, nástroje, softwarová podpora. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2015. 176 s. ISBN 978-80-248-3790-1.
CEJTHAMR, Václav a Jiří DĚDINA. Management a organizační chování. 2. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010. 352 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3348-7.
DONNELLY, James. H., James, L. GIBSON and John, M. IVANCEVICH. Management. Praha: Grada Publishing, 1997. 821 s. ISBN 80-7169-422-3.

Recommended Reading:
DONNELLY, James. H., James, L. GIBSON and John, M. IVANCEVICH. Management. Praha: Grada Publishing, 1997. 821 s. ISBN 80-7169-422-3.
GRAEME, Martin. Managing People and Organizations in Changing contexts. Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd., 2006. 425 s. ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8000-4.
BELLEFLAMME, Paul a PEITZ, Martin. Industrial organization: markets and strategies. 2nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 799 s. ISBN 978-1-107-06997-8.
DĚDINA, Jiří a Jiří ODCHÁZEL. Management a moderní organizování firmy. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007. 324 s. ISBN 978-80-247-2149-1.
GRAEME, Martin. Managing People and Organizations in Changing contexts. Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd., 2006. 425 s. ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8000-4.
LUKÁŠOVÁ, Růžena. Organizační kultura a její změna. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010. 240 s. ISBN 978-80-247-2951-0.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
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CreditCredit85 23