INDE 430 - Design of Work Systems

Units: 4
Techniques to maximize labor productivity, employee well-being, and organizational performance. Topics include scientific management, human relations, worker motivation, incentive systems, worker autonomy, management of teams including total productive maintenance and socio-technical systems, integration of quality and sustainability in modern organizations.

Prerequisites: INDE 390.
Equivalent Quarter Course: INDE 4280.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Apply learned concepts and tools to improve organizational performance in novel situations
Understand the function, structure and theory behind utilization of professionally and culturally diverse teams
Communicate persuasively in writing and orally regarding the efficacy of a particular course of action, supported by description and application of relevant theory