Algorithms at Work: AI, Surveillance, and Organizational Control

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This course examines how artificial intelligence and algorithmic systems are reshaping work, decision-making, and authority within organizations. Rather than focusing on technical design or programming, the course analyzes AI as a social and organizational phenomenon. Topics include algorithmic management, workplace surveillance, data-driven evaluation, bias and inequality in automated systems, and the changing nature of expertise and professional authority. Students explore how organizations adopt and govern AI technologies, how workers respond to algorithmic oversight, and how legal and institutional frameworks regulate emerging systems. Through case studies and empirical research, the course provides sociological tools for understanding the organizational consequences of AI and digital technologies.