MGMT-6710 Designing, Developing, and Staffing High Performance Organizations I

Designing, Developing, and Staffing High Performance Organizations I
Lally School of Management and Technology - MGMT-6710

Description
A year-long sequence concerned with different ways organizations change and learn in response to and utilizing technology. Taking a systems approach, implications on the organization and on people are considered with topics such as team building, motivation, communication, decision making, organizational design, staffing and selection, compensation, reward systems, evaluation, labor relations, and job design. The interface of initiatives such as business process redesign, continuous improvement, and information systems with people systems are themes of the course.

Prerequisites
A bachelor's degree or equivalent is required.

Textbook(s)
Ordering Information

Format
Classes: 11 weeks, 11 sessions
Final Project: One integrated group paper

Grading
Individual Personal Learning Application: 30%
Final group project: 70%

Computing
Email and World Wide Web access required for printing of course notes, use of WebCT and course communications.

Access to WebCT, Rensselaer's course management tool, is required. Please refer to this page for instructions on how to set up your computer for WebCT.

Who Should Enroll
This course may be used in your Plan of Study as follows:

Degree Programs
CSCI - elective with advisor pre-approval
CSYS - may be used toward 2-course sequence or as elective both with advisor pre-approval
ELEC - may be used toward 2-course sequence or as elective both with advisor pre-approval
EPOW - elective with advisor pre-approval
ESCI-MM - elective with advisor pre-approval
ESCI-MOT - required core course
ESCI-MSE - elective with advisor pre-approval
ITEC - Management Information Systems application area course
MANE - elective with advisor pre-approval
MBA - core course
MGMT-MS - core course
MGTE - n/a
TCOM - may be used as a Management and Technology elective

This course is also open to non-matriculated students who meet the prerequisites and may be used toward the Certificate in Technical Program Management.