Course Description
This course will focus on allowing students to gain insights into the history and development of the principles of organizational structure and design. Students will explore the complexities associated with achieving a high performing organization and consider the influence of such factors as organizational goals, life cycle, culture, and environment on organizational design and decision making. This course will place emphasis on the roles of key business disciplines in achieving the organization's mission. Formerly tilted: Organizational Development Landscape (3 credits)
Prerequisite
- OEL 501: Driving Organization Adaptability through Learning Organizations
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
- Explain the differences between organizational structure and design.
- Assess the influences of globalization and culture on the 21st Century organization.
- Examine the complexities associated with achieving a high performance organization.
- Explain different leadership styles, including their own, impacts the performance of an organization.
- Demonstrate how the roles of key business disciplines assist in the achievement of an organization's mission and goals and identify the points of intersection.
- Explain the nature of the open systems approach.
- Analyze the stages of an organization's growth.
Applicable Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
- PLO 2. Evaluate and formulate an individual leadership style.
- PLO 3. Develop professional communication skills.
- PLO 4. Recommend how one develops effective groups.
- PLO 5. Construct organizational leadership strategies.
- PLO 6. Explain the complexities of organizational design and the interconnection between organizational structure.
- PLO 7. Design and implement organizational change processes.
- PLO 8. Create strategies to support intercultural/global inter-relationships.
- PLO 9. Develop strategies that support the advancement of organization's vision and mission.
Course Activities and Grading
| Assignments | Weights |
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Discussions (Weeks 1-8) | 40% |
Assignments (Weeks 2, 3, 5, 6) | 40% |
Final Project (Week 8) | 20% |
Total | 100 |
Required Textbooks
Available through Charter Oak State College's Book Bundle
- Cummings, T.G. and C.G. Worley (2025). Organizational Development and Change. 12th ed. Cengage Learning.
Course Schedule
Week | PLOs | SLOs | Readings and Exercises | Assignments |
1 | 4,5,6,7,8 | 1,2 | Topics: Organizational Structure and Organizational Development
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2 | 3,5,6,7,9 | 1,5,7 | Topics: Organizational Interventions & Organizational Growth
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3 | 2-5,7,9 | 4,5,6 | Topic: Open System's Approach
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4 | 3,5,6,7,9 | 3,5 | Topic: Aligning the Disciplines
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5 | 5,6,7 | 1,3 | Topic: Types of Organizational Structures
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6 | 2,3,5,6,7,9 | 3,4,5 | Topic: Leadership Behavior and Its Impact on Organizational Performance
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7 | 2,3,5,6,7,9 | 3,4,5 | Topic: High Performance Organizations
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8 | 2-9 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 | Topic: Organizational Development Implementation |
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COSC Accessibility Statement
Charter Oak State College encourages students with disabilities, including non-visible disabilities such as chronic diseases, learning disabilities, head injury, attention deficit/hyperactive disorder, or psychiatric disabilities, to discuss appropriate accommodations with the Office of Accessibility Services at OAS@charteroak.edu.
COSC Policies, Course Policies, Academic Support Services and Resources
Students are responsible for knowing all Charter Oak State College (COSC) institutional policies, course-specific policies, procedures, and available academic support services and resources. Please see COSC Policies for COSC institutional policies, and see also specific policies related to this course. See COSC Resources for information regarding available academic support services and resources.