Organizational Analysis and Skills

Organizational Analysis and Skills

Focuses on the organization of the future, identifying its characteristics and exploring the strategic design, political and cultural implications for working in and managing such an organization. Examines the impact of the new organization on the roles and careers of individual managers, the functioning of groups, the processes that exist within organizations, the relationships of organizations with their environments, and the learning and change practices needed to enhance global performance. Introduces first-semester MBA students to a variety of skills that they will be called upon to use throughout their MBA experience (case analysis, analytical writing, self-awareness, team-building, oral communication).

Organizational Analysis and Skills

This course focuses on the organization of the future, identifying its characteristics and exploring the strategic design, political and cultural implications for working in and managing such an organization. It examines the impact of the new organization on the roles and careers of individual managers, the functioning of groups, the processes that exist within organizations, the relationships of organizations with their environments, and the learning and change practices needed to enhance global performance. First-semester MBA students to a variety of skills that they will be called upon to use throughout their MBA experience (case analysis, analytical writing, self-awareness, team-building, oral communication).

Prerequisites

Must be taken in the first semester by all new MBA students and graduate degree students in the College of Management