| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Designing Effective Organisations |
| Unit ID: | BUMGT3715 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (BUMGT1501) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 080301 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
Designing Effective Organisations is an organisation theory course. Organisation theory focuses on the structure and design of organisations and is underpinned by the discipline of sociology, which studies the functioning of social systems and structures. The course is different from organisational behaviour, which focusses on the actions of people in a work context and is underpinned by psychology, and strategic management which analyses plans to achieve competitive advantage and is underpinned by economics. The course is designed to help students understand how organisations are structured and function in practice, and how organisation design can be improved.
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| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Identify and analyze the main theoretical models of organisation design |
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| K2. | Describe the key components of organisation design |
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| K3. | Compare and contrast contemporary examples of organisation design |
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| K4. | Examine organisation design theory and relate to contemporary examples in order to identify improvements |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Critically analyse perspectives of contemporary organisation design |
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| S2. | Interpret and communicate organisation design knowledge within unpredictable contexts |
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| S3. | Evaluate a diverse range of organisation design decisions, across multiple industries, using appropriate information |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Assemble and communicate information with initiative and judgement to inform organisation design decision-making for relevant stakeholders |
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| A2. | Use personal responsibility and autonomy within a collaborative research project concerning organisational design |
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| Unit Content: |
Topics may include: 1.Organisational environment 2.Organisational strategy 3.Organisational structure 4.Organisational technology 5.Organisational culture 6.Organisational control 7.The learning organisation 8.Organisational effectiveness |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, A1 | Research project | Individual written assignment | 25-30% | | 2. | K1, K2, K3, K4, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2 | Research project | Group report and presentation | 20-40% | | 3. | K1, K2, S1, S2 | A review of the material studied in the course | Examination | 40-55% |
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