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Class number:
3325
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Title: Leaderless Organizations |
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Department: Formal Organizations |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: Yes |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 19 |
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Current enrollment: 16 |
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Available seats: 3 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: W: 1:30PM-4:10PM, 71VS - SEM |
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Instructor(s): Stringham, Edward |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement |
Course Description:
People form organizations to pursue collective goals and although most formal organizations have people in charge and varying degrees of hierarchy, this is not necessarily the case. The course will study both examples of leaderless organizations in history and modern examples such as digitally autonomous organizations built on blockchain and algorithmically enforced "smart" contracts. Although many intentionally leaderless organizations have encountered challenges that led to their demise, others seem to be flourishing. This reading and discussion intensive course will study the extent to which intentionally leaderless organizations can offer alternatives to or lessons for traditional hierarchical formal organizations. |