OM 501 - Introduction to Organizational Management

New discoveries, new technologies, competition, and globalization compel organizations to foster agility, innovation, and performance improvement. This course examines organizational theory, practice and learning in the context of rapidly changing competitive and economic environments. Strategies and tactics for growth and performance improvement are explored. This course covers issues of current relevance, including social networks, knowledge management, innovation, organizational learning and design thinking. Through relevant, contemporary cases, the course will examine the purposes, evolution and emerging trends of organizations and management. Traditional, virtual and cooperative structures, centralized and decentralized control, changing workforces and customer expectations all add to the complexity of management issues. Research design for this complex environment is equally challenging.

Credits: 3