Development and Organization Culture

Course Description

This subject must be the opportunity for students approaching graduation to develop an integration of theoretical aspects with the experience of entrepreneurial life; this goal will be achieved supported by academic formation, working experience and the commitment and responsability with which they develop the programmed activities. 

We will develop basic concepts of innovation and management of change supported by new technological tools and the developmnet of an organizational culture according to the current organizations environment, We expect that future business administrators understand the relevance of adaptation processes as a base to achieve differentiated competitve advantages wich will allow them to compete in the new global economy. 

We work with concepts, methodologies and tools of change management and innovation, culture and organizational climate to be articulated with local and international reality. 

Justification

In these times of intense national and international competence and of variable environments, where values evolve fast and resources turn scarce, Development and Organizational Culture have become the instruments per set to generate the changes required for agile adaptation searching for the organizational competitiveness and sustainability.

For the above reasons it is increasingly necessary to understand the important role of new methodologies and technologies applied to human resources management, information systems, structure and organizational culture to achieve the necessary changes in the current context in which businesses operate.

This knowledge is a key factor for the professional exercise of Business Administrators which is framed in complex decision making, where the most relevant Is the human capital as a decisive element for competitiveness and permanence of enterprises within increasingly volatile and demanding markets.

Course Objectives 

General

To provide last semester students of Business Administration the tools and concepts related with Organizations and the changes they face in an increasingly aggressive and competitive environment through methodological tools that integrate administrative theory with organizational practice.

Specific Objectives

1. To strengthen the conceptual and technical formation of students that allow them as future Administrators to make decisions related with the organizational changes within the enterprises.
2. To familiarize students with the current organizational tools methodologies and systems applied by top worldwide enterprises to get valuable lessons for professional performance.
3. To allow the articulation of the concepts obtained during their career with enterprise cases and entrepreneurial leaders who have developed successful actions and strategies.
4. To make students aware of the need to strengthen the “managers of change” mentality so they can apply it in their professional performance.
5. To value the vital importance of the management of change in a globalized enterprise scenario.
6. To know the basic components of organizational culture and its impact in the work process and climate.
7. To understand the value of people as a key element for improving competitiveness in a highly complex environment where intellectual property, innovation, transformation and permanent creation become determinant elements for value creation in organizations.

Evaluation 

• 25% Cases, essays, workshops and presentations of situatuons of the entrepreneurial world
• 25% First Partial Exam
• 25% Second Partial Exam
• 25% Final Exam