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Course Info for FORG - 105 - 01, Fall 2024
Class number: 3295 Title: Orgs & Private Governance Department: Formal Organizations
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 20 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: W: 1:30PM-4:10PM, 71VS - SEM Instructor(s): Stringham, Edward
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement
Course Description:
An interdisciplinary seminar about governance in private organizations. The first half will cover key social units: close-knit groups, households, communes, and religions. The second half will cover a broad range of market organizations: firms, criminal organizations, sports leagues, not-for-profit organizations, clubs, and online platforms. Topics include: hierarchy, informal control, freedom of contract, organizational autonomy, mission, diversity, tournaments, deviance, discrimination, and openness. The course has a seminar format. Students will conduct policy debates about contentious governance issues of private organizations. Students will complete two individual (or small-group) research projects on topics chosen in consultation with the instructor.