Student needs to verbalize their intuition in order to clarify their understanding. And, by discussing the different views, they surface the assumptions that block them from improving their management skills. This course introduces ways for the student to understand mental conftict between alternatives and find the appropriate solution. Our traditional management text is used as a framework and an outline to give structure to this study. It includes the majority of concepts needed for a basic understanding and offers many different learning styles and methods.
New material is introduced in chapter study, recommended readings and in-class exercises.
Thoughtful students will do a lot of outside reading and pondering in this class. Student's will research current periodicals and present their finding to bring many of the 'best practices' into the classroom. Classroom discussion will take a logical approach to support and challenge the 'best practices' as they apply to technical organizations. In addition, each student will also perform an Organizational Audit to apply and extend class material into a specific case relevant to them. The best way to teach behavior in organizations is by observing and recognizing behavior in real organizations.