DYNM 642 - Allocating Resources:Economic,Technological & Human

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Gale. Setting, monitoring, and controlling organizational plans and their implementation has become increasingly complex in modern organizations. Simple measures of bottom-line profitability by divisions, for example, often mask the processes required for intra-and inter-organizational coordination and effectiveness. Similarly, standard organization charts depict reporting responsibilities and authorities without tracing either the flow of communications or the financial impacts of change. As a means for illustrating alternative approaches to the management of organizations, selected models, methods and examples of organizational resource allocation and control will be reviewed, discussed and analyzed. In addition to the seminar discussions, participants in the course will also be expected to identify, develop, and analyze a resource allocation problem associated with an organization. (Typically, the organization selected is one with which the participant is familiar or is interested in creating.) Selected examples of resource allocation strategies will be discussed during the first seminar. Each participant will be expected to prepare a paper on their problem and to make a brief presentation on the methods of analysis employed and the means for implementing the results. The seminar will involve working both on individual projects and discussions of approaches and methods for the conceptualization and analysis of resource allocation problems. As such, the course will combine elements of a seminar and a workshop. Following the first session (which will cover introductions of the participants, a presentation of the objectives and design of the course,and a review of selected cases), each seminar will be devoted to a review of methods and discussions of the participants' cases.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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