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As organizations face increasingly competitive and complex business environments the nature of what constitutes an effective organization is becoming a vital question. Hierarchy is dead, but is there still a place for the hierarchical organization? Teamwork is today's essential ingredient, but in knowledge-based economies, are individuals the key to success? Decentralization is all the rage, but can centralization still add value? How can modern organizations respond to the increasing complexity they face on all fronts? Students will be able to describe a number of important issues that appear to influence organizational effectiveness they will learn to recognize and reflect on the interdependencies, influences and trade-offs between these issues and they will come to understand how the concept of organizational effectiveness is constantly changing and being shaped by changing societal and other macro-environmental factors. The module will be supported through a mixture of development methods ranging from guided background reading, short lectures, group work and problem solving, and the analysis of business videos and case studies.
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