ORG 610 - Organizational Theory and Design

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

This course is focuses on organizations as entities within a diverse social system, striving to survive in an evnrionment that is unpredictable and turbulent, where stakeholder demands for social and environmental responsibility are escalating, and where increasingly intesne pressures to stay compettiive drive strategy and leadership. With introduction to current persepctives in organizational theory and design, the course explores how organizations are affected by their enrivonrments, how they are structured and designed, their leadership, culture, capability, processes and the implications for organizational effectiveness to perform and sustain value creation.

Offered Spring