Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

This course critically examines organizations in which educational leaders work from different theoretical perspectives and in light of research evidence. It also critiques several past and current reform initiatives, and explores specific topics in-depth. A central and pervasive question of the course concerns organizational purposes, especially with respect to learning, and how these purposes are served by organizational structures and processes.

COURSE DETAILS:

Meeting Days/Times:
Friday 4:30 - 9:00 PM
Saturday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Meeting Dates:
January 11, 12, 25, 26
February 22, 23
March 8, 9 and
April 5, 6

Meeting Location:
SFU Surrey campus, Room 3200

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

All organizations reflect a set of complex interrelationships between stakeholders, communities, external organizations, and contexts. In this class, we will be using inquiry to explore how postsecondary systems and institutions are at once organized and organizing.

Course goals are to:

• examine theory, analyze organizational functions as they relate to postsecondary education
• gain an awareness of the complex interrelationships in this sector
• understand forms of organizational structures, designs, and processes
• understand the role of values, beliefs, and culture in organizations
• be able to articulate and analyze current issues and controversies in organizational theory

Grading

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

ACCOMODATION NOTICE: 
I am committed to doing what I can to ensure that students have access to the tools and resources they need in order to be academically successful. If there is an accommodation that would make it easier to learn or understand the materials, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can make arrangements with the appropriate office.

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