BA 730 - Organizational Effectiveness

Semester Hours: 3

This course provides an overview of the emerging field of organizational effectiveness. It examines the necessity for an organizational effectiveness strategy and the appropriate and competent use of such a strategy in the context of a business firm. It presents ways to increase the probabilities of accomplishing successful change, maximizing desired results, and improving competitive position on a sustainable basis. This course will not only enable its participants to define organizational effectiveness, but also to develop a model most appropriate to an organization’s unique characteristics and situational realities, incorporate organizational effectiveness concepts into the management practices and culture of the organization, and use organizational effectiveness as an organizational learning strategy. Linking an organization’s strategy to the functional business areas will be also be explored.

Pre-requisites: management concepts.