Organizational Climate & Culture

(3 Credits)

This course will cover basic as well as advanced concepts involved in the theory, measurement, and importance of organizational climate and culture, by means of both lecture and class discussion. Lectures will focus on research and theory as well as practical issues and techniques used in applied settings. Students will learn about: the various models used to define organizational climate and culture; the impact of climate/culture on various organizational and individual phenomena; methodologies used to measure organizational climate and culture; and the importance of social networks and how to measure them.