Lecture Notes

Lec # topics lecture notes
A: Organizational Processes - An Introduction
1 Introduction and Course Overview

5 Lenses* and 10 Sub-Systems**: Industries Selected
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2 Industry/Organizational Policy Analysis Methods

Case Study: "FAA/NASA Aviation and the Environment"
(PDF 1) (PDF 2)
B: Organizational Types
3 Regulatory/Administrative Organizations and NGOs

Guest Speaker
(PDF)
4 Entrepreneurial Organizations

Guest Speaker
5 Multi-National Organizations (PDF 1) (PDF 2)
C: Organizational Processes (By Level)
6 Individual Motivation and Commitment

Reward System Design Exercise

Single Point Module: Coaching and Mentoring
(PDF 1) (PDF 2)
7 Group Dynamics and Decision Making

Guest Speaker
(PDF 1) (PDF 2)
8 Organizational Strategy, Structure and Process

Protocols and Standards

Guest Speaker
(PDF 1) (PDF 2)
9 Industry Alignment and Institutional Transformation

Systems Change Debates
(PDF)
D: Integration
10 Industry Policy Project Presentations

Student Team Presentations
(PDF)
11 Re-Engineering Technology Policy Organizations

Guest Speaker
12 Alumni/ae Panel

Open-Forum Panel Dialogue
(PDF)

* 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