ILROB 4295

Organizations Across the Lifecycle

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course reviews sociological theory and research on a selected set of common issues and problems that face organizations as they go from founding to established operations. We begin by examining factors that affect people's decisions to found new organizations, then consider choices in organization and job design, problems of exercising authority and influence effectively, group dynamics that may affect decision-making and coordination, and different approaches to managing cooperative and competitive relations with external audiences. Course topics will be examined through readings, class discussion, cases and interactive exercises.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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