Courses of Study 2013-2014 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Courses of Study 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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NCC 5040 - Managing and Leading in Organizations


Spring. 2.5 credits.

Johnson School core course. Non-Johnson students, see NCC 5540 .

Staff.

Stories are central to how we know and remember events, people, and facts and to how we communicate knowledge and history. Most of the jobs we aspire to involve a particular form of storytelling-the CEO’s vision, the analyst’s report, the planner’s strategy, the salesperson’s pitch, the consultant’s analysis, and the manager’s brand. What distinguishes these as business stories is that they are often analytical (based on a set of objective facts and statistics) and reflect a deep understanding of the complex interactions of individuals and organizations. This course has two goals: (1) to make students appreciate the complexity of the issues that often arise in organizations, and (2) to develop and refine students’ analytical storytelling abilities. To achieve these goals, the course is taught by the case-study method, an efficient way to expand the student’s experience base with respect to such issues as motivation, power, leadership, ethics, structure, design, and change. Students learn how to make good inferences about what will and won’t work in particular situations, and how to learn from their own experiences and those of others.



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