Course Description
Evolution of organization theory and its application to challenges of leading, managing, organizing, and understanding public sector agencies.
Course Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
Student Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the characteristics of public, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations.
- Explain how alternative organizational theory perspectives (e.g., scientific management, open systems, human relations, etc.) define organizational effectiveness and what each perspective emphasizes to improve such effectiveness.
- For a specific agency, compose a plan to improve organizational effectiveness in areas such as service productivity, worker morale, and agency resource growth and survival.