Course Structure
This course is divided into two parts:
Part 1: Organizations
Unit 1: Looking at Organizations
The first unit begins with looking at the macrosystem to help students situate themselves and their organizations within the bigger national system. Then, students will be introduced to the parts, structure, and basic types of organization to help them better understand the microstructure within their own institutions. The discussions will help the students analyze the internal and external factors which shape organizations.
Key concepts: Philippine Development Plan, National Objectives for Health, transformative education, organizational attributes, pulls on the organization, configurations, life cycle model
Unit 2: Organizational Theories
In this unit, we will look into the evolution of organizations. Through the assigned readings, you will learn more why a certain organization is 'organized' in a certain way and another organization in another way. Perhaps one example is the way governments and private corporations are organized. Learning the various organizational theories can help you in further understanding your own academic institutions.
Part 2: Management
Unit 1: The Management Process
In this unit, students will be introduced to the basic management process of planning, leading, organizing, and controlling. This unit will also help students look into their own institution’s management processes, clarifying their role as part of their organization. Different leadership styles will also be discussed and how each style affects their own organization’s decision-making processes.
Key concepts: planning, results based management, organizing, authority & power, decentralization, staffing, leading, managers & supervision, motivation, change management, communication, controlling
Unit 2: Towards Institutional Reform
This unit will help students identify organizational problems, and areas for improvement where the different concepts in the management process may be applied. It will also emphasize techniques which can be helpful in initiating change and innovation within an organization towards institutional reform.
Key concepts: organizational culture, conflict management, organizational change, institutional reform