MMG 512 BH14 - Organizational Environment

Course Syllabus

Course Description

MMG512 Organizational Environment
This course provides an overview of the external and internal environment of organizations. It helps students understand the resource, market, technological, economic, and socio-political context of the organization, and the impact of multiple stakeholders on its goals and decision-making processes. It examines organizational architecture and dynamics from the structural, human resource, political and symbolic perspectives. The course draws on theories and research on organizations, including topics such as motivation, leadership, and organizational change and development. The intent of the course is to provide students with the theoretical base to better understand organizational behavior, and to equip them with tools to analyze and improve upon their own managerial practice.

Course Objectives

Today’s organizational environments are facing rapid changes and complex issues. Political, economic, social and technological trends are impacting organizations, their leadership and people within the organizations in significant ways. Organizational Environment (MMG512) provides an overview of approaches to understanding external and internal environments impacting organizations. Reframing Organizations (Bolman and Deal), suggest a useful set of four frames to consider in analyzing organizations, their environment as a whole, or even individual events within their environment: These different frames can bring an organizational life into a different and clearer focus, allowing leaders to view the workplace from different images to make judgments, gather information and get things done. Understand the interpersonal competencies necessary for solid job performance and effectiveness in your management professional.

  • working on teams
  • teaching others
  • leading
  • negotiating
  • working well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds
  • serving customers 

Learning Outcomes

This class will afford you the opportunity to practice and learn many of key  competencies. Throughout this course you will have the opportunity to practice new skills that will help you to become a stronger leader in today’s workplace, while providing you an overview of the external and internal environment of organizations. You will have the opportunity to examine organizational architecture and dynamics from four different perspectives, structural, human resource, political and symbolic.