COMMUNICATION, ORGANIZATION &
MANAGEMENT
Introduction to organizational design &
structure
BY DR. ANNE VAN DER GEEST
28 OCTOBER 2024
,Content
1. Introduction to course and embedment in MPA
2. Organizational design models
3. Designing an Organizational structure
Based on Chapter 16 of the Handbook
,Theories, concepts and practices
▪ Identify and discuss knowledge of, and theories on organisational
structures, organisational behavior, organisational change, and
change management.
▪ Describe and conceptualise organisations as embedded in a wider
system, and interpret these from a transdisciplinary perspective.
▪ Obtain a deeper understanding of communication from the
perspective of sharing and influencing results, and to learn how to
deal with conflicts.
▪ Identify and discuss theories on leadership and interpersonal
behaviour.
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