ORG 610 - Organizational Theory and Design

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

This course focuses on organizations as entities within a diverse social system. Organizations are striving to survive in an environment that is unpredictable and turbulent, where stakeholder demands for social and environmental responsibility are escalating, and where intense pressures to remain competitive drive strategy and leadership. As an introduction to current perspectives in organizational theory and design, the course explores how organizations as systems are designed and structured in relation to their environments, leadership, culture, capability, and processes. Attention is paid to how an organization is equipped for organizational effectiveness and performance in order to sustain value creation.

Offered Spring