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The Open University

Understanding organisational value

The Open University via OpenLearn

Overview

All organisations must find new ways that benefit both their stakeholders and society. This means constantly improving their processes, goods and services. In the 21st century, new ideals of collaboration, inclusion, and equality are challenging more narrow market-based notions. This free course, Understanding organisational value, will explore how organisations can draw on established theories of value creation for fostering and promoting new types of value.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Understanding organisational value
  • 1 Understanding organisational value
  • 1.1 Organisational value vs. values
  • 1.2 Different value creation perspectives
  • 2 Organisational value and business functions
  • 2 Organisational value and business functions
  • 2.1 The value of business functions
  • 2.2 The functional value of information
  • 3 Creating new types of organisational value
  • 3 Creating new types of organisational value
  • 3.1 The need for new types of value
  • 3.2 Creating new types of organisational value
  • 3.3 Creating new types of value across business functions
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements

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