DBA811 Organization Development and Leadership (3 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): DBA810  
This course applies the principles of organization development to the examination of the firm.  Topics include systems theory, organizational interventions, power and political structures, and effective resource management.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Analyze organization life cycles through systems theory.
2. Apply and evaluate the effectiveness of organizational interventions.
3. Evaluate the role of power within the formal and informal political structures of an organization.
4. Apply organization development theory to an existing organization.
5. Evaluate models of resource management and economic forecasting for effective fiscal planning.