LBST 301 - Organizations, Ethics, and Society

Investigating the ubiquitous organization through a variety of theoretical and sociological constructs provides students with an opportunity to understand the complexity of modern organizations. Readings will consider issues of intraorganizational constraints, motivation, power and conflict, purpose and meaning, teamwork and how organizations work to satisfy human needs. Investigating basic concepts of policy construction and analysis helps to shed light on the challenges faced by organizations and institutions as they identify and meet social needs. Some sections may be restricted to Liberal Studies majors, Community Educational Studies (CES) major, and CES and SEED minors only. Letter grade. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits