AA
Apr 29, 2020
This course provides in-depth analyses of a host of organizational theories and their application in real life. The dissection of each case and the applicability of the theories are really insightful.
AL
Sep 2, 2019
Very challenging yet worth it. If you are in an administrative position in an organization (especially education) you will get some great perspectives/understandings from this course. Take good notes!
By Michael M
•Nov 25, 2018
I did find the course itself quite interesting and easy to follow. However the weekly forums were essentially dead, most of the posts were dating back months to years. The one or two recent posts did not result in any discussion. I am under the impression, there was any maintenance of the course content since 2013 at the latest.
By ALI R
•Aug 9, 2017
Though the course is arranged and organized in a very smooth way. But often time during lectures, it gets boring. Too much verbal explanation, that often distract us from the main topic. But overall it was a good course and one can learn a lot from it. The teaching of the professor was awsum.
By Andreea O
•Jul 6, 2023
very well structured, the content is very interesting and the learning material is complete. However sometimes it's quite too heavy and the slides are too crowded. It can be very tiring but with some fine tuning it is a great course! Thank you for making it available to everyone on Coursera.
By Manuel G
•Jun 3, 2017
I learned a lot of interesting concepts in this course. The only thing that I would criticise is that, at times, I felt like some of the theories made up these kind of overly complicated categories to classify simple or intuitive things. But it was a good course overall.
By Michael M
•Feb 11, 2019
Very good course with lots of content. Could be improved using different presenters and incorporating content other than the lectures. The final exam was almost impossible and took several attempts to complete. Needs to be less complex to make success more accessible.
By Denise D
•Apr 19, 2023
After many years managing businesses, a good course to add some framework and theory around my acquired skills. Lecturer excellent and clear. Would like to see more examples from the corporate world as opposed to Educational/Governmental but overall very insightful.
By Nishita A
•Aug 30, 2020
This course provides in-depth knowledge about various theories and their applications to organisations in a comprehensible manner. The case examples further provide clarity and application of the theoretical concepts, thereby registering the content in my memory!
By Soumi S N C
•Jul 30, 2020
Thanks to Professor McFarland and his team. It a journey worth travelling. The detailing and the summary was a piece of cake. I enriched myself with a lot of information. I would request and appreciate for more examples from industries and corporate background.
By V. H
•Mar 5, 2018
Great course. You may want to warn future participants of a 3 hour final exam :)
Great content. The fireside chats were informative however since I took the course offline, they seemed a bit off topic. The content is definitely well researched and compiled.
By Stefanie C
•Jan 3, 2021
Excellent journey through different organizational theories useful to Analyse organizational development issues. Lots of relevant examples. Having a few practical tools for analysis to make academic concepts readily applicable would have been helpful.
By Erik S
•Jun 1, 2020
Very ilustrative. I had some problems with the quizzes and final test, as there were many normative value-driven answers that in my vow can not be answered only with right or wrong. This is a basic problem of Coursera, at least in my experience.
By Virginie E
•Aug 25, 2019
I really enjoyed the course, the teacher was great and content very interesting. i would say though that learners shoul be made aware that they should know the textbook in great details to be successful at the final exam.
By Jahnavi V B
•Mar 30, 2020
This course is one of the best course which takes you to different perspectives in an organization. I didn't think it will have those many modules. All are very helpful and the professor teaches clearly. Thank you.
By Raj K D
•Jan 3, 2019
its an excellent course. i liked the end exam as well as sufficient depth in knowledge is required to pass this . this forced me to go through the course once again and i am thankful that I went though it again.
By Sainath S
•Mar 21, 2018
Very interesting to take a course from a Stanford Professor. Just wondering if this is equivalent to a course attained from the university itself by attending physical classes or at least less-equivalent!
By Jay s
•May 30, 2020
Very interesting theories and well explained. Only area where this could be improved is diversity in examples. Most of the examples are related to education which became confines your thinking.
By Ivaylo Y
•Dec 12, 2016
It's a good course providing broad overview of the field and details into the important theories. Lots of case studies which I didn't find very relevant but still - nice to have them
By Kam L
•Sep 3, 2021
Excellent overview. Quizzes should provide better feedback though to why answers are incorrect. Final exam should be omitted for people not interested in certificate of completion,
By Isorn S
•Mar 8, 2023
Very good contents with a lot of case studies. However, the cases are in academic field, like schools and universities, then it needs more effort to relate to business context.
By Daniel K
•Jan 21, 2019
Thoroughly enjoyed this basic overview of Organizational Analysis. It was a fun and interesting foray into what much of my major in school will look like.
By cristian s p p
•Sep 29, 2020
Very complete course, maybe need more applied examples about other organizations different to education, but in general an excellent course, thank you
By Indah A T
•Nov 25, 2021
this is a great course, a little bit boring for the materials and presentations, but after all it's enchance your knowledge. glad to finished it
By Evan D
•Jan 30, 2022
Very informative but heavy on school examples. It's a great course I'd recommend to anyone interested in starting to learn about organizations.
By Vinod K M
•Dec 23, 2018
Excellent course, gives a broad view on how organizations are formed. Theories guidelines on how they could could be adapted to the VUCA world.
By BSt
•Aug 30, 2017
Very good course with many examples. I can recommend the course.
It is a bit long in comparison to other Coursera formats but worth the time!