The Center for Development and Continuing Education at the University of Basra organizes a course on organizational structure planning.
The objective of the course is to increase knowledge about different structural forms and how to align them with the organization's design to achieve desired goals.
The course, presented by instructor Basil Jabbar Ajeel, covers the following topics:
- Identifying the three main components of organizational structure.
- Explaining the concepts of vertical and horizontal information sharing within the organizational structure.
- Understanding the roles of forces of tasks and teams in the organizational structure.
- Identifying options for departmentalization, such as functional structure, divisional structure, and matrix structure.
- Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of different structural forms.
- Explaining horizontal and virtual network structures and describing symptoms of structural deficiency within the organization.
In conclusion, the recommendation emphasizes the importance of increasing attention and focus on courses like organizational structure planning to equip managers with new information and meet the current market's need for adapting to environmental changes and keeping up with significant developments in the business field
