Flashcards: Foundations of Organizational Strategy — 24 cards

People and Organization Management — scope?

Focuses on HR strategy, organization design, and effectiveness.

Assessment methods — main types?

Group exercises, final exam, participation.

DEI Capstone Project — purpose?

Integrate learning from multiple courses on diversity.

Organization — definition?

Goal-directed social entity linked to environment.

Types of organizations in France?

Large enterprise, PME, ETI, Grande Entreprise.

For-profit vs non-profit — difference?

Profit motive vs social service focus.

Open system — perspective?

Considers organization-environment interactions.

Core components — examples?

Mission, strategy, competitive advantage.

Organization design — dimensions?

Contextual and structural characteristics.

Structural elements — key?

Formalization, specialization, hierarchy, centralization, professionalism.

Organizational environment — components?

External sectors, domain, external factors.

Environmental uncertainty — dimensions?

Simple-complex, stable-unstable.

Strategy and effectiveness — link?

Linked via competing values and contingency frameworks.

Course objective?

Improve analytical skills through theory and practice.

Assessment weight — participation?

20% of final grade.

Assessment weight — final exam?

50% of final grade.

DEI project — interdisciplinary?

Yes, involves multiple courses and real settings.

Organization — importance?

Fundamental for economic and social functions.

Types of organizations — French categories?

Micro, PME, ETI, Grande Entreprise.

Social enterprise — goal?

Combine revenue generation with social goals.

Open vs closed system — focus?

External interactions vs internal processes.

Environmental uncertainty — effects?

Impacts strategy, structure, and responses.

Linking strategy and design?

Through frameworks balancing competing values.

Dimensions of organization design?

Contextual (size, environment) and structural (formalization, hierarchy).