Teaching Management in the Context of a Radically Changing Government: How Might Courses in Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory, and General Management Incorporate Issues of Evolving Systemic Power?

corporate social responsibility, systems thinking, critical management theory

Join this working seminar to consider together how societal-level systems like type of government might be included in today’s OB/OT/management classroom. Our premise is that future managers should study “systemic power,” including the mutual influences of business and government, the importance of economic philosophies, and the distinct role of citizen-workers. In this session, we briefly consider the impact of critical, humanistic and related management theorists that have contributed in this area. Then participants will discuss forces for and against the study of systemic power, develop a wishlist of systems level topics, and brainstorm ideas for pedagogical materials.

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