Course Syllabus

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course introduces domestic and global challenges of management in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Examines a range of management concepts and how they can be applied in a contemporary setting. Topics include the organizational environment as well as employee attitudes, cognition, behavior, and performance. 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

 

  1. Core Management Functions: Apply the core functions of management—planning, organizing, leading, and controlling—to organizational situations.

     

  2. Organizational Context (Structure & Culture): Evaluate how organizational structure and culture shape behavior and performance within organizations.

      

  3. Self-Awareness & Management Approach: Assess their own management and leadership style, including approaches to decision-making, stress, and creativity.

       

  4. Motivation, Power & Leadership: Analyze how motivation, power, and leadership influence individual and organizational performance.

      

  5. Communication & Team Dynamics: Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills in managing teams, including addressing conflict.

     

  6. Leading Change: Apply principles of change management to lead and manage organizational change efforts.

     

  7. Present and write clear, informative, professional prose that presents logically ordered, verifiable evidence in organizational-relevant document formats (e.g. memos, reports, etc.)

MEETING TIME AND LOCATION

Monday and Wednesday: 11:10 am - 12:25 pm, Wells Library 026

REQUIRED OR RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOK

A text is not required to be purchased for this course.  Required readings will be available: 

  • in Canvas,  
  • distributed or assigned in class, and/or  
  • available as an eBook/article via the library (IUCAT). 

The main readings include: 

  • Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal, (2021). Reframing Organizations, 7th Edition.  Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. See IUCAT for access  
  • HBR at 100, (2022). Harvard Business Review, ISBN: 9781663718679 (See IUCAT for access, download assigned articles as access is limited)  
  • HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Organizational Resilience, (2021).  Boston:  Harvard Business Review Press.  See IUCAT for access. 
  • HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture, (2019).  Boston:  Harvard Business Review Press.  See IUCAT for access. 
  • HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Career Resilience, (2021).  Boston:  Harvard Business Review Press.  See IUCAT for access. 

SEE CANVAS FOR ALL READINGS and how to access IUCAT.