SEM 502 - Organization Strategy/Managing Organizations

Course Career Graduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 3-0-0
Fee index 6
Faculty Business
Department Strategy, Entreprenshp & Mgmt
Typically Offered either term

Description
The first part of this course examines the formation of business strategy. It recognizes the complexities and messiness of strategy formation and explores how organizations actually develop strategies. The second part examines the evolution, determinants, and relevance of alternative ways of organizing. Contemporary ideas (e.g. re-engineering, the learning organization, virtual organizations) are critically reviewed. Not open to students who have completed SEM 610. Prerequisite: SEM 500.