UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS FACULTY

DEPARTEMENT OF MANAGEMENT
MASTER OF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

SYLLABUS

Subject Code ECMM 801254

Subject Title Oganizational Design
Credit Value 3 Credits
Year/Semester 2021-2022/Even
Day/Hour Friday/09.00-11.30
Subject Type Optional/Elective
Prerequisite/ Strategic Human Resource Management
Co-requisite/
Exclusion
Role and Role:
Purposes
The economic environment is changing more rapidly than ever before. Organizations must
adapt to survive. They are a constantly evolving system made up of objectives, processes
designed to meet those objectives, people with skills and behaviors to do the work required,
and all of this organized in a governance structure. The practice of organization design is
therefore a complex one, often subject to intense time pressure, full of traps and false turns
and carrying the risk of substantial inefficiency and loss. The governance structure goes far
beyond the reporting lines of an organizational chart. It is how people work together and
agree on what needs to happen, from day-to-day to year-on-year.It is dynamic, constantly
moving over time. The organization must create an environment for people to perform, for
only when everyone performs to their potential do you have a hope of getting and then
sustaining the competitive edge.

Organizations that used to be relatively simple and stable in terms of their structure are
having to become increasingly adaptable and multifaceted to survive in today's complex
world. Organizations have been evolving over time to deal with changes in markets,
geography and technology, and with the information age upon us it is more important than
ever for companies to be in control of, and effectively design and manage, their organizations.
The consequence of the increasing rate of evolution is that organization design is moving away
from being a one-off intervention to an ongoing, continuous project that can never be
'finished'.

This course explores the organization design in the manner that it gives a structured
approach, from the top-level macro steps to the detailed micro steps. It covers the entire
methodology to accomplish greater understanding on the organizational level problems and
explore the new possible solutions towards them. The value of the course is in setting the
direction and providing the energy to start to define the problem space, and to give the best
possible current answers.

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 Purposes:
1. To equip participants with the organizational design frameworks, along with the
principles and best practices that may increase the managerial capabilities to tackle the
dynamics in organizational context.
2. To equip participants to contribute creatively in the workplace to benefit a
orgnaizations’ competitiveness by identifying and bringing organization design as well
as management practice up to date.
3. To provide a flexible toolkit and roadmap to address the everyday challenges thrown at
us when designing an organization.

Subject Program Objectives:

Learning MM FEB-UI graduates should:
Outcomes 1. Demonstrate integrity, ethical behavior, and respect for diversity.
2. Demonstrate concerns about society.
3. Demonstrate effective leadership qualities.
4. Have effective communication skills within a global setting.
5. Be able to conduct applied business research.
6. Exhibit an entrepreneurial spirit.
7. Demonstrate creativity and innovative thinking.
8. Be able to formulate business models using contemporary approaches.

Learning Goals (LG) & Learning Objectives (LO):

1. LG 1: ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – Students have an awareness of ethics and
social responsibility.
LO: Students are sensitive to ethical and social issues in management decisions; for
instance, to distinguish between ethical and unethical behavior.
2. LG 3: ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS – Students are able to demonstrate oral
communication skills.
LO: Students are able to present their business ideas properly; for example, to
introduce their presentations in clear and interesting ways, to deliver content with a
logical structure, to organize their ideas in a presentation, to use presentation
techniques (body language, facial expression, appropriate voice and tone)
appropriately, to develop and use of visual aids or technology , and to apply
appropriate techniques to engage with the audience .
3. LG 4: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS – Students are able to demonstrate written
communication skills.
LO: Students are able to convey an idea briefly, clearly, and persuasively through
written communication. For instance, developing ideas logically in paragraphs and
connect them with effective transitions, using appropriate language, correct spelling,
and grammar, and providing supporting ideas/reasoning/details relevant to the ideas.
4. LG 5: CRITICAL THINKING – Students are able to demonstrate that they are critical
thinkers.
LO: Students are able to argue and draw conclusions on an issue based on supportive
evidence in business cases; for example, delivering key ideas or points, comparing,
analyzing and evaluating alternative choices, justifying an argument or solution with
supporting evidence/relevant references , and drawing conclusions .
5. LG 6: DESIGN THINKING – Students are able to demonstrate that they are design
thinkers.
LO: Students are able to identify problems, create alternative solutions, create
prototypes of the solutions and implement those solutions.

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Subject
Synopsis/ Week Topic Sub-Topics Reading Materials
Indicative
Syllabus 1. Introduction • Data-driven organizational design • Morrison (2015)
to Part 1: 1.1
Organization
al Design
2. • Challenges • Morrison (2015)
• Foundation and core concept Part 1: 1.2 & 1.3

3. Macro • Introduction • Morrison (2015)

Design • Strategy articulation and design Part 2: 2.1 & 2.2
criteria

4. Macro • Structural options • Morrison (2015)

Design (2) • Business case Part 2: 2.3 & 2.4

5. Micro • Introduction • Morrison (2015)

Design • The data goldmine Part 3: 3.1, 3.2 &
• Objective management 3.3

6. Micro • Fixed process design • Morrison (2015)

Design (2) • Dynamics process design Part 3: 3.4 & 3.5

7. Micro • Competency management • Morrison (2015)

Design (3) • Rightsizing Part 3: 3.6 & 3.7

MID-TERM EXAMINATION

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Subject
Synopsis/ Week Topic Sub-Topics Reading Materials
Indicative
Syllabus 8. Make It Real • Introduction • Morrison (2015)
• Common traps Part 4: 4.1 & 4.2

9. How Will It • HOWWIP • Morrison (2015)

Work In • Group-based project presentation 1 Part 4: 4.3
Practice • Group project
(HOWWIP)?

10. Implementati • Implementation • Morrison (2015)

on • Group-based project presentation 2 Part 4: 4.4
• Group project

11. Workforce • Workforce Planning • Morrison (2015)

Planning • Group-based project presentation 3 Part 4: 4.5
• Group project

12. Talent • Talent management, succession • Morrison (2015)

management development, and planning Part 4: 4.6
, succession • Group-based project presentation 4 • Group project
development
and
succession
planning
13. Organization • Organizational getting things done • Morrison (2015)
al Getting • Group-based project presentation 5 Part 4: 4.7
Things Done • Group project

14. Sustaining • Sustaining the edge • Morrison (2015)

The Edge • Group-based project presentation 6 Part 4: 4.8
• Group project

Final Examination

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Assessment
Method in 1st Half 2nd Half
Description Description
Alignment (Weight) (Weights)
with Intended Participation/Discussion Participation/Discussion
Learning 5% 5%
(PCL) (PCL)
Outcomes
Group Presentation
10%
(Chapter)
Group Presentation
20% Case Study
(Chapter)
(Group-based Project 10%
Presentation)

Final Examination
Mid-term Exam 25% (Group-based Project 25%
Paper)
Total 50% Total 50%

Details of No. 1. Participant-centered Learning (PCL)

learning Each student should have read the reading materials before signing-into the class.
method Student actively participated will be granted with PCL points.

No. 2. Group Presentation

After the first and eighth sessions, a group of students will deliver a presentation
covering the session’s topic (topic and subtopics) and the reading materials,
including a case analysis for each session. Presentations will cover all topics,
subtopics, and the assigned reading for the session, as well as the session’s case
analysis (within the second half of the semester). This presentation should not be
more than 25 slides.

No. 3 Mid Term Examination

Covering only the sessions in the first half of the semester.

No. 4 Group-based Project Presentation

Class will be devided into six groups. Each group should prepare one case study
covering the related topics, and its implementation within an organization in the
industry. Summary of the case study will be presented in the second half of the
semester.

No. 5 Final Examination (Final Project Paper)

Covering the sessions in the second half of the semester. The final exam can be
subtituted with the full length case study written in Microsoft Words converted in
PDF formats, submitted by the end of the semester. The final paper should follow
Universitas Indonesia’s academic writing standards.

No. 6 Students’ Final Score

Students’ final scores are the average of both halves of the semester.

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 Student Class Contacts:
Study Lectures 35 hours
Effort Presentation & Discussion (Q&A) 6 hours
Expected Other Student Study Effort:
Preparation for reading/assignment/quiz 40 hours

Reading List & Mandatory Textbook

References Morrison, R. (2015). Data-driven Organization Design: Sustaining The competitive Edge
Through The Organizational Analytics. Kogan-Page Limited.

Supplementary Textbook
Galbraith, J. R. (2014). Designing Organizations. 3rd edition. Jossey-Bass.

Note:
This course depends on textbook as class material guidance and reference. Therefore,
each student must have the main textbook. Fail to fulfill this, students are not allowed
to attend the class.

Plagiarism Plagiarism is defined as inserting words/sentences/ideas belonging to other author/s in

part or in whole without referring to the sources. Students must indicate the source of
any words/sentences from other author/s in his/her writing.

Plagiarism also refers to the copying in part or in whole other student’s assignment, or
copying from books, journals, web, magazines, newspapers, etc.

Plagiarism includes also the act of auto-plagiarism defined as the use of one’s own
words/ sentences/ideas taken from other assignment/paper that have been submitted for
grading in other or the same course without any reference to its/their source(s).

In accordance to the disciplinary rules and code of ethics for students as indicated on the
Guidebook of FEB-UI, students are prohibited to conduct plagiarism, and will be
sanctioned/ punished accordingly.
The sanctions/ punishment are as follows:
• First time offense, the minimum sanction is a Zero (0) grade for the assignment or
maximum an F.
• Second time offense, the grade for the course will be an F.
Third time offense, the student will be expelled from Department of Management, FEB-UI.

Statement of It is mandatory that a Statement of Authorship must be included and posted on the front
Authorship page of the assigned paper.

Statement of Authorship

I/We.........................the undersigned declare to the best of my/our ability that the

paper/assignment here with is an authentic writing carried out by myself/ourselves. No
other authors or work of other authors have been used without any reference to its
sources.
This paper/assignment has never been presented or used as paper assignment for other
courses except if I/we clearly stated otherwise.
I/We fully understand that this assignment can be reproduced and/or communicated for
the purpose of detecting plagiarism.

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 Name :
Student’s ID Number :
Signature :
Course :
Paper/Assignment Title :
Date :
Lecturer :
(signed by all and every single student if its a group assignment)