MGT 715 Entrepreneurial Behavior in Organizatio
Organizations must constantly evolve in order toendure and thrive in the current businessenvironment and are increasingly aware that thebest ideas for change come from multiple sources.They need team leaders, managers andprofessionals at every level who can initiate,implement and manage change. In this seminarstudents will gain the skills and confidence to:1) Manage change at the company, departmental orindividual level, 2) Be a change advocate,rallying support for ideas and implementation, 3)Create and lead teams that are resilient in theface of change, 4) Build competitive advantagesand inspire others to do the same. This seminarexplores and extrapolates theories, paradigm andprinciples of change , growth, learning,development, transition and transformation asessential parts of human dynamics inorganizational systems. It seeks to help studentsunderstand the implications and impact of themultiple roles of a "change person" and theenable individuals, as leaders, to engage insystemic, creative, and practical thinkingprocesses and assessments in order to betterunderstand themselves as an instrument of change.Seminal research articles with significantpractical applications and other contemporaryreadings will be used to deliver content in thisclass.