Course calendar.
| Lec # |
topics |
key dates |
| A: Organizational Processes - An Introduction |
| 1 |
Introduction and Course Overview
5 Lenses* and 10 Sub-Systems**: Industries Selected |
|
| 2 |
Industry/Organizational Policy Analysis Methods
Case Study: "FAA/NASA Aviation and the Environment" |
|
| B: Organizational Types |
| 3 |
Regulatory/Administrative Organizations and NGOs
Guest Speaker |
|
| 4 |
Entrepreneurial Organizations
Guest Speaker |
|
| 5 |
Multi-National Organizations |
|
| C: Organizational Processes (By Level) |
| 6 |
Individual Motivation and Commitment
Reward System Design Exercise
Single Point Module: Coaching and Mentoring |
Industry policy paper 1 due |
| 7 |
Group Dynamics and Decision Making
Guest Speaker |
|
| 8 |
Organizational Strategy, Structure and Process
Protocols and Standards
Guest Speaker |
|
| 9 |
Industry Alignment and Institutional Transformation
Systems Change Debates |
|
| D: Integration |
| 10 |
Industry Policy Project Presentations
Student Team Presentations |
Presentation slides due |
| 11 |
Re-Engineering Technology Policy Organizations
Guest Speaker |
|
| 12 |
Alumni/ae Panel
Open-Forum Panel Dialogue |
Industry policy paper 2 due |
* 5 Organizational Lenses: Structural, Political, Cultural, Economic, and Engineering
** 10 Organizational Sub-Systems: Recruitment/Selection, Leadership, Communications, Information, Decision Making, Training/Learning, Reward/Reinforcement, Negotiations/Dispute Resolution, Rotation/Sub-Contracting/Attrition/Retirement, Systems Change/Transformation