Organizational Behaviour
bb
Department of Career and Management Studies www.mcgill.ca/conted-cms/ Course Outline
Course Name:
Behaviour in Organizations
Course Number – Fall, 2007 Instructor: Contact Information: Email: Course Objectives: Tom.Raynor@McGill.ca Detailing the course objectives.
Corg 551 761 Thomas E. Raynor Ed.D.
The actions management can take to deal effectively with change in our Global environment often leave much room for improvement. The course presented covers four distinct and very important areas or groupings…Analytics, Teams, Organizations and Skills as well as closely differentiating between the characteristics of the older bureaucratic model and the characteristics typical of the new, flat and more flexible model which is emerging today. The focus of instruction of this course is to examine changes in the organization using three distinct analytic tools or lenses: the Strategic, the Political and the Cultural. As well, students will learn some of the theories of negotiation, conflict resolution and human rights. The intended outcome of this course is to provide the graduate students insight and skill into potential new managerial approaches to problem solving and to introduce ways of improving organizational efficiency and effectiveness while providing employees the tools to improve their satisfaction and productivity in the work place. The course will be highly interactive using small group discussion, project teams, intervention, and case study analysis.
Course Description:
The actions management can take to deal effectively with change in our Global environment often leave much room for improvement. The course presented covers four distinct and very important areas or groupings…Analytics, Teams, Organizations and Skills as well as closely differentiating between the characteristics of the older bureaucratic model and the characteristics typical of the new, flat and more flexible model which is emerging today. The focus of instruction of
Department of Career and Management Studies www.mcgill.ca/conted-cms/ Course Outline
Course Name:
Behaviour in Organizations
Course Number – Fall, 2007 Instructor: Contact Information: Email: Course Objectives: Tom.Raynor@McGill.ca Detailing the course objectives.
Corg 551 761 Thomas E. Raynor Ed.D.
The actions management can take to deal effectively with change in our Global environment often leave much room for improvement. The course presented covers four distinct and very important areas or groupings…Analytics, Teams, Organizations and Skills as well as closely differentiating between the characteristics of the older bureaucratic model and the characteristics typical of the new, flat and more flexible model which is emerging today. The focus of instruction of this course is to examine changes in the organization using three distinct analytic tools or lenses: the Strategic, the Political and the Cultural. As well, students will learn some of the theories of negotiation, conflict resolution and human rights. The intended outcome of this course is to provide the graduate students insight and skill into potential new managerial approaches to problem solving and to introduce ways of improving organizational efficiency and effectiveness while providing employees the tools to improve their satisfaction and productivity in the work place. The course will be highly interactive using small group discussion, project teams, intervention, and case study analysis.
Course Description:
The actions management can take to deal effectively with change in our Global environment often leave much room for improvement. The course presented covers four distinct and very important areas or groupings…Analytics, Teams, Organizations and Skills as well as closely differentiating between the characteristics of the older bureaucratic model and the characteristics typical of the new, flat and more flexible model which is emerging today. The focus of instruction of