ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE & BEHAVIOR

Catalog description

This course explores ways to change organizations, ranging from start-up companies to established institutions, to meet the demands of ever-changing environments. Areas of in-depth discussion include the theoretical framework of organization development and change, models of planned organizational change, barriers to implementing change and ways to overcome them, and the roles of the change agent and/or consultant. Students will gain skills in organizational entry and contracting, and will gain better understanding of the challenge of change through analysis of the theory, research, and practice of IMC development.