Organizational Design and Innovation

The course introduces students to organizational design tools that managers can use to orient the behaviors of individuals and teams throughout the innovation process. It provides an overview of the fields of design and innovation and presents key concepts to leverage exploitation and exploration activities at the foundation of superior performance. Students will learn about organizational structure and culture as well as the individual characteristics of employees, and how they can support or hinder the organization's innovation strategy. Students will understand the need to align the organization's innovation strategy with its organizational design. They will be better able to adopt and apply a systems view to intervene on individual and team behavior. Course Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Ethics Integration The course explores social impact and delves into organizational design tools that leaders employ to guide individuals and teams in the innovation process, promoting long-term organizational performance and using knowledge diversity benefits and challenges to develop a shared vision and shared mental models.