ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND DESIGN Teaching unitCourses:BUSINESS MANAGEMENTYear: Year 1 of Bachelor's in Business StatisticsDegree: Bachelor's in Business StatisticsBUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATIONYear: Year 1 of Bachelor's in Business Administration and ManagementDegree: Bachelor's in Business Administration and ManagementDescriptionThis didactic unit studies the roles of the administrative process in depth: the Organization role. The necessity of work coordination and the different parameters of the organization structure designObjectivesTo know and understand the importance of the administrative process of the organizations. Identify the role of planning, organization, direction and control as the main phases which are part of that process.In front of a certain case study, the student would be able to design and update the organization structure making it suitable to the organization development and outline them through an appropriate organization chart; thinking, besides, over the suitability or not of the utilization of some design parameters according to the contingencies.Comprehend the importance and the need to organize and coordinate the work. Identify the different coordination mechanisms and assess their application along the development process of the business.Identify the main parameters of organization design and assess the convenience of their application attending to contingency facts which condition the effectiveness of the organizational design.To know the main organizational structure and identify the parameters design which characterize them and the contingency facts under which they operate effectivelySubjectsLecture topicsOrganization and organizational structure: formal and informal relationsWork coordination mechanismsOrganization partsThe organization as a flow systemParameters for design: job places, superstructure, decision-maker system and Lateral linksMechanic and organic structuresLaboratory topicsApplicationCase study