| Description: | The course examines organizational issues - such as stress, conflict, discrimination, and others - through the social lenses of psychology. The course is a journey through the science of the psyche that will open windows of understanding beyond managerial perspectives. An organization is strategy, marketing, planning, budgeting, and at its very core, it is human. This is the element the course will focus on: the human psychology of an organization. The course leads students to consider approaches that develop the individual with the objective of improving and helping to grow the organization as a whole. In other words, the course connects individual strategy and well-being with those of organizations and the wider society. Through lectures, experiential exercises, readings and reflections, and teamwork, students will gain a thorough understanding of individual behavior, group functioning, and organizational processes and dynamics. The first part of the course focuses on the individual and teams. Only when one gains awareness about who one is can one effectively work and grow with others. The second part of the course will venture into specific themes: the importance of conflict, the impact of technology, the unavoidable certainty of uncertainty, and substance abuse within an organization. Ultimately, the course enables students to move between themes with critical acumen and creativity, seeking realistic and implementable solutions to real problems. |