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SOC 3411W is also offered in Spring 2023
Spring 2023 | SOC 3411W Section 001: Organizations and Society (65595)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations, terrorist networks and counterterror organizations. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3411W+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Sociology majors and minors; social science, business, public health, public administration, and related fields.
- Learning Objectives:
(1) To compare, from the perspectives of people in affected nations, the diverse assumptions, interpretations, and organizational responses to complex globalization processes.
(2) To identify significant differences and consequences of the social institutions - customs, norms, associations, laws, governments - that manage and regulate organizational behaviors from the workplace to multinational corporations.
(3) To examine organizational networks of economic, technological, cultural, and political relations that interconnect the world's societies and nation-states.- Grading:
- Writing Intensive course with short writing assignments and a longer course paper. Instructor feedback provided on partial draft of the course paper. Course grade is based on 3 assignments (20% each) and course paper (40%). A service learning component is available. An honors option and a sociology major senior paper option are also available.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures (60%), small group discussions and role-playing exercises (20%), videos (15%), and guest speakers (5%).
- Workload:
- About 30-40 pages of articles or book chapter reading per week. 20-25 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65595/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 October 2022
Fall 2020 | SOC 3411W Section 001: Organizations and Society (17192)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (25 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations, terrorist networks and counterterror organizations. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tvanheuv+SOC3411W+Fall2020
- Class Description:
- This course introduces central theories and debates about formal organizations. Much of modern life occurs within organizations and involves interacting with a wide variety of complex, interconnecting organizations. Many of us were born inside an organization, you are pursuing your education inside an organization, many will work inside organizations, and most of us will end our lives in, and be buried by, organizations. We work hard and craft expressions of our self-identity to gain access to some organizations (e.g. Greek communities, medical school) and we conform our behavior to avoid others (e.g. prison).In this course, we will think analytically about the key features of organizations, and the reciprocal relationships between organizational features and individual behaviors. We will address the origins of organizations, why society has organizations, how authority and compliance are maintained within organizations, the nature of their success and failure, and the relationship between individuals, organizations, and society.
- Class Format:
- A mixture of lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 40-70 pages of reading a week.3 papers.3 quizzes.Expectations to revise paper drafts and provide feedback on peer drafts.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17192/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 April 2020
Fall 2019 | SOC 3411W Section 001: Organizations and Society (20907)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (47 of 58 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations, terrorist networks and counterterror organizations. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- For details about the course go to: classinfo.umn.edu/ and search for the course number.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces central theories and debates about formal organizations. Much of modern life occurs within organizations and involves interacting with a wide variety of complex, interconnecting organizations. Many of us were born inside an organization, you are pursuing your education inside an organization, many of you will spend most of your adult life working for organizations, and most of us will end our lives in, and be buried by, organizations. We work hard and craft expressions of our self-identity to gain access to some organizations (e.g. Greek communities, medical school) and we conform our behavior to avoid others (e.g. prison).In this course, we will think critically about the key features of organizations, and we will assess the reciprocal relationships between organizational features and individual behaviors. We will address the origins of organizations, why society has organizations, how authority and compliance are maintained within organizations, how organizations create and reduce inequalities, the nature of organizational success and failure, and the relationship between individuals, organizations, and society. The instructor for this course, Tom VanHeuvelen, will be a new faculty member starting in Fall 2019.
- Class Format:
- A mixture of lecture and discussion
- Workload:
- 30-70 pages reading per week. Because this is a writing intensive course, a substantial portion of the final grade will be based on writing. You will receive substantial feedback on writing assignments and be expected to revise your written work in response.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20907/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 March 2019
Fall 2018 | SOC 3411W Section 001: Organizations and Society (33508)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 235
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (60 of 60 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations, terrorist networks and counterterror organizations. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3411W+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations.
- Grading:
- Writing Intensive course with short writing assignments and a longer course paper. Instructor feedback provided on partial draft of the course paper. Course grade is based on 3 assignments (20% each) and course paper (40%).. A service learning component is available. An honors option and a sociology major senior paper option are also available.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures (60%), small group discussions and role-playing exercises (20%), videos (15%), and guest speakers (5%).
- Workload:
- About 30-40 pages of articles or book chapter reading per week. 20-25 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33508/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 October 2016
Spring 2017 | SOC 3411W Section 001: Organizations and Society (67168)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankHanson Hall 1-107
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations, terrorist networks and counterterror organizations. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?knoke001+SOC3411W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- This course introduces undergraduates to contemporary theories and debates about formal organizations in an international context, including such forms as large corporations, small businesses, public bureaucracies, nonprofits, voluntary associations, social movement organizations.
- Grading:
- Writing Intensive course with short writing assignments and a longer course paper. Instructor feedback provided on partial draft of the course paper. Course grade is based on 3 assignments (20% each) and course paper (40%).. A service learning component is available. An honors option and a sociology major senior paper option are also available.
- Exam Format:
- No exams.
- Class Format:
- Lectures (60%), small group discussions and role-playing exercises (20%), videos (15%), and guest speakers (5%).
- Workload:
- About 30-40 pages of articles or book chapter reading per week. 20-25 pages of writing per semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67168/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 October 2016
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