MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEXITY (BA5062)

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This course explores and elaborates on complexity and emergence in the context of contemporary management and the practices of managing. The course engages students with advanced interdisciplinary ‘Management of Complexity’ themes in strategy, organizational behavior and leadership. In this theory and case-driven course, students examine the management of complexity in terms of specific cultural and organizational contexts and management frameworks.

Code: 
BA5062
Name: 
MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEXITY
Discipline: 
BA (Business)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Graduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
Major=MSc: International Management OR Major=MSc: Int'l Mgmt (NGO & Mission-Based Track) OR Major=MSc: Int'l Mgmt (Sustainability Systems Track) OR Major=MSc: Strategic Brand Management
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. To acquire practical experience in dealing with wicked, complex management issues.
  2. To develop the ability to analyze complex (“wicked”) problems, where great uncertainty is present, in a management context.
  3. To explore contemporary organizational complexity concepts and apply them to management issues.
  4. To investigate some of the common historical narratives of complexity and explore how these influence our current perceptions of management theory and practice.
  5. To understand conventional and critical approaches of complexity in management theory and practices.

Offering(s)

Term Code Name
Fall 2024 BA5062 MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEXITY

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