LDRD 644 Managing Complexity in Organizations

This course focuses on systems thinking approaches to understand and analyze self-organizing adaptive organizations. Emphasis is placed on communication, implementation, and measurement of change in complex adaptive systems. Students will be able to capitalize on organizational chaos and complexity to promote sustainable decision-making and planning.

Credits

3

Outcomes

1. This course will prepare students to:
2. Analyze effectiveness of strategies for managing complexity in organizations.
3. Evaluate organizational chaos and complexity in a familiar organization.
4. Apply systems-thinking approaches to decision-making.