Emphasizing new forces in the managerial environment such as workplace diversity and economic globalization, these reviews will be tied to the open-system model and the contingency approach as overall frameworks for understanding organizations and management. 3.0 S.H. Major approaches to the study of organizations. Organizational systems and structure, systems of communication, power and influence, organizational conflict, coordination and control, leadership, motivation, interpersonal dynamics and change and renewal. The personnel function, techniques of job analysis, description and evaluation, and overall organizational development particularly with minority group members and female employees. Assessment of training needs, training and development methods and procedures for evaluating training are considered.
Some emphasis is placed on the development of managerial skills through student workshops.
The problems and opportunities of starting and operating a small business. Capital accumulation, adapting technologies to specialized needs, assessing local market opportunities, governmental aids, establishing working relationships with large organizations and problems of growth. Meets the General Education Requirement - Contemporary Issues. Special emphasis on techniques drawn from several behavioral models including approaches such as transactional analysis and behavior modification. Emphasis is placed on the application and understanding of macro models of human behavior in organizations to include such approaches as natural, rational and open systems models.