This course surveys the development of the modern organization and organizational analysis, with a focus on corporate strategy and managing employees. We live in a world of organizations: organizations drive the economy, innovation, and our careers, but are also the arenas in which policy issues like discrimination, harassment, and equity are raised, fought over, and ultimately implemented. We will read business case studies, management theory, and social scientific analysis to chart how organizations respond to internal and external challenges, how they succeed and when they fail. The focus in on for-profit corporations, but we will explore other complex organizations, from churches to governments to NGOs, and study the transformation of firms from conglomerates to networks. Students will write a case study of their own based on original research.

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 30

Prerequisites: None.

Distribution Requirements: SBA - Social and Behavioral Analysis

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Not Offered; Spring