As this course is taught entirely online, we will conduct all communication via email and WebTycho. Between the middle of January and the middle of March, I will be working from my home in Lyon France. Among the most effective ways of learning about human behavior is through the application of theories through group work, discussion, exercises and case studies. Success is most likely in learning situations where there is collaboration, interaction, informality and mutual respect.
Online courses can serve as an excellent medium for such learning situations.
Classic Readings in Organizational Behavior, Second Edition . As a class, we will construct a webliography of sites that can be used as the primary research documents for papers in Organizational Behavior. Each of you will develop a major research major that draws primarily upon the materials available to you in the Ott reader and through the class Webliography project. Finally, the class will culminate in a take-home exam which requires you to develop answers to questions similar to those found on the MPA Comprehensive Exam. There will be activities, discussions, projects, etc to be involved with each week of the class.