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About the Course

Organizations are complex and can be difficult to manage well, so managers need tools to help them better understand and deal with the many complexities and challenges associated with organizational life. In this course, you will learn theories, principles, and frameworks that will help you design more effective organizations. You will be able to: - Analyze organizations from multiple perspectives to better understand business challenges - Strategically plan for effective organizational governance - Develop systems to plan for growth and change - Understand implications of the external environment on business and strategically respond to these factors This course is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM. Learn more about admission into these programs and explore how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into a degree program at https://degrees.giesbusiness.illinois.edu/idegrees/....

Top reviews

DS

Apr 27, 2020

It was the hardest, but best course so far. Surely, it will be very useful to apply in any context. It gives one satisfaction to better understand leaders, organizations, and what could be better.

DH

Dec 10, 2019

I thoroughly enjoyed this course, as it helped me understand the corporate world better and how organizations are designed. I found it explained the company I work for very well.

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By Rukwaro S M

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Dec 13, 2019

Very good course. I am very thankful to the intructors

By Juan C P

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Sep 19, 2022

Good concepts, maybe needs more hands on activities.

By Hsu M N

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Jul 13, 2020

This course is really a great course.

By Kelly L S

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Sep 18, 2022

Thank you, I've learned alot.

By Vicente S M

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Sep 2, 2020

thank you for your´s knowledge

By Lawrence S

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Sep 15, 2017

Very interesting,

By Jonathan P

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Apr 4, 2020

Great course!

By SNEHA P

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Mar 1, 2022

very good

By Romain V

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Apr 21, 2016

Great cou

By Rhonda T

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Feb 10, 2019

Good

By Ilona B

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Jan 16, 2022

4,8

By Nolan A

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Jul 18, 2017

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By Ana C F

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Nov 10, 2019

The content is fascinating however I had a bit of a hard time following Prof Leblebici. He is very nice and creative in showing examples however most times the thought process is not linear, clear or sequential. She jumps around the topic going back and forth and most times I preferred to both read the transcripts and watch the video to be able to synthesize what he was trying to say so I could translate it to my notes. I wish the delivery of the content was more punctual rather than rhetorical. but, I think I was able to capture about 75%-80% of the material.

By Anton F

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Oct 17, 2016

very useful content, great readings, but total lack of peer-to-peer engagement. It's like reading a book: nice but not up to industry best practices. Overall, the course is lower quality than the ones before from Gregory Northcraft. Another problem with this specific course is word hunting in quizzes. The ones for case studies are especially tricky.

By Jason B

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Apr 17, 2018

Many concepts came across as too abstract and would have benefited from more concrete supporting examples. Newer relevant examples would also be useful to update content in sections like the music business module, etc.

By Ike S

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Oct 2, 2017

I do like the contents, however I personally had a hard time listening to the instructor. The way he speaks is really slow with sudden pauses, so I had to speed it up to 1.5 or 1.75 and that helped a little bit.

By Ileana D

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Jun 6, 2017

There is a lot of complicated terminology in this course, the content is very interesting and new to me but I find hard to apply these theories in actual business situations.

By Roger

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Jul 24, 2016

Just taking part of the course material was rewarding. A good basic introduction to Organization Design. Looking forward to the next step in Designing the Organization

By Jose S

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Sep 5, 2019

Course content is good, assigents and presentations are good also. Professor Huseyin Leblebici speaks very slow, playing the videos at 1.5x is a must.

By Zoran B

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May 5, 2020

Video material and slides was hard to follow. To much colors and information on slides, not adapted to human brain even if someone is visual type.

By Subhajyoti C

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Nov 4, 2019

Exceptionally long course, the concepts are good and detailed but could have been better if it is was not just read from the slides.

By Vikash P

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Jun 26, 2016

The course lacks coherence which comes as a big disappointment as it follows two excellent modules by Greg Northcraft.

By Jeff C

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Apr 17, 2018

A little too much theory and not enough in applied day-to-day situations that managers will face.

By Tom W

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Aug 29, 2016

OK course. Difficult to follow at times. The assignments and reading make it worth taking.

By Sheila

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Feb 4, 2018

I didn't find the peer review assignments helpful. Overall, the lectures were adequate.