PASS/NO CREDIT
COURSE TYPE
WAIVER OPTIONS
None
TRACKS
Managing Organizations Major
DESCRIPTION
Power dynamics are fundamental to the effective exercise of leadership in organizations. This course develops your ability to create and use sources of power beyond formal authority, to formulate strategies and tactics of political and social influence, and to exercise skills that make you a more effective organizational leader. Readings, case materials, course assignments and a field action project focus on the challenge of sustainable political advantage in organizations - the rules of the game, basic power diagnostics, the management of strategic dependencies and persuasion processes, and working in entrepreneurial contexts. Throughout, the course raises issues of career dynamics in the context of the development of your leadership abilities.
SCHEDULE SUMMARY
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Fall |
Winter |
Spring |
Summer |
2020-2021 |
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Ev
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Chi/Ev
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2019-2020 |
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Chi/Ev
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PREREQUISITES
Full-Time: (MORS-430-0 OR MORSM-430-0)
E&W: MORS-430-0