Organization Theory

Instructor: Willow S. Jacobson

Number of Credits: 3

This course provides a conceptual and experiential grounding in theories of management and organizational operation. Students learn how to analyze organizations and their environments from multiple perspectives. Students systematically examine important dimensions of organizational life—what motivates people, how decisions are made, challenges of diversity, conflict, and power dynamics.

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July 18, 2025

This blog post was written by current student Lilly Parker. In my first blog post, I shared...

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