2020-2021 Catalog 
    
    May 12, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]

EMA 250 - Organizational Development and Change


Description: Aims, purposes and the scope of development and change within an organization including management of the past and present, organizational culture, structure, design, behaviors, communication methods and teamwork. Analysis of theory and practice, processes and systems, and leadership development.

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Course Content:
  1. Management past and present
  2. Environment and organizational culture
  3. Ethics and social responsibilities
  4. Global dimensions
  5. Information and decision making
  6. Planning processes and techniques
  7. Strategy and strategic management
  8. Structure, design, innovation, and organizational change
  9. Human resource management
  10. Individual behavior, leading and leadership development
  11. Motivation theory and practice, teams and teamwork
  12. Communication and collaboration
  13. Control processes and systems
  14. Operations and services management

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Compare management from past to present. (1)
  2. Analyze ethics, social responsibilities, and environment within organizational culture and its effects on global dimensions. (2-4)
  3. Summarize the importance of planning. (5-7)
  4. Articulate the purpose of re-organizing and the role of human resource management within the process. (8,9)
  5. Explain the role that leading plays in behavior, motivation, teamwork, and communication. (10-12)
  6. Identify control processes and systems and how they may effect operations and services management. (13,14)