MGT 702 - Organizational Theory & The Systems Approach to Management, 3 credit hours

This course introduces healthcare executives to factors that challenge organization design and effectiveness. It incorporates an overview of general systems theory, organizational theory, and healthcare dynamics (e.g. value-based healthcare, etc.), which are of central concern today. Executives apply the above approaches and build systemic models, which provide an understanding of the interrelationships and interdependencies in a variety of complex healthcare environments helping managers make effective decisions for their organizations.