Strategic Organizational Design

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SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
I. Introduction
1	What is strategic organizational design?
2	Case: eBay
3	Why are things changing?
4	Case: InnoCentive
II. Designing Organizations for Strategic Goals
5	Basic organizational designs
6	Applying basic organizational designs Case: Procter & Gamble
7	Designs for exploration: Product innovation Case: Google Inc.	Team project identification due
8	Using lateral coordination processes Case: Cisco
9	Maximizing employee motivation and creativity Case: AES
10	Organizing global companies Case: Siemens
11	Designing networks that cross firm boundaries Case: Proctor & Gamble	Outline of team project report due
12	The process of organizational design and change Case: Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather
13	Case: Wikipedia
14	How are things changing?
15	Case: Threadless
16	Harnessing democracy Cases: W. L. Gore and others
17	Case: TopCoder
18	Harnessing markets Cases: Intel scenario, Cambrian House
19	Self-organizing communities
20	Organizational change in crowds
21	What is the purpose of the organizations we are designing? Cases: Whole Foods and others
III. Conclusions
22	Project team presentations
23	Project team presentations (cont.)
24	Project team presentations (cont.) Class conclusion	Final team project reports due