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?- Are you a creative thinker, interested in analyzing the dynamics of a business?
- Do you want to work across a range of different business functions?
- Are you planning to pursue advanced studies in management and organizational analysis or undertake further academic research?
Take this free online course titled, “Organizational Analysis” and develop the advanced competencies required to operate successfully within the international business environment.
What is Organizational Analysis?
An Organizational Analysis is a process used to assess systems, capacity and functionality of an organization. The assessment is then used to increase the efficiency, performance, and output of that organization. In simple words, an Organizational Analysis, with the use of various other models ad tools, aims to understand behavioral relationships, structure, and technology.
What will you learn from this course?
In this course you will learn under what circumstances an Organizational Analysis becomes necessary. Some examples of internal and external forces that may lead to the implementations of an Organizational Analysis include the environment shifts, leadership changes, organization’s growth or technology changes. In this course you will learn different organizational theories which will enable you to interpret concrete organizational situations.
At the end of the course, you will be able to analytically identify important features of an organization and the events transforming it. The toolset of theories will also allow you to predict which strategies will best redirect the organization in a desired direction.
Who should take this course?
Aspiring managers, entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, analysts, and consultants can all benefit from this informative course in organizational analysis. Business undergraduates seeking higher education in this field can also take this course.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Decisions by rational and rule-based procedures
- Decisions by dominant coalitions
- Decisions in organized anarchies
- Developing organizational learning and intelligence
- Developing an organizational culture
- Managing resource dependencies
- Network forms of organization
- Institutions and organizational legitimacy
- Summary of course
Author Bio:
This course has been prepared by Daniel A. McFarland, who is an Associate Professor of Education, Sociology, and Organizational Behavior at Stanford University. He is also the director of Stanford’s certificate program in Computational Social Science.

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