67-345 Power, Leadership, and Networks in Organizations

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course is designed to improve your effectiveness as a manager by introducing you to frameworks for understanding power and leadership through the lens of networks. Organizations are political institutions, and effectively mobilizing resources to get things done is essential if a manager is to be effective in their job. Specifically, we focus on what power is, how it is acquired and how to use it to accomplish personal and organizational goals. Managers and members of organizations have different interests and resources. They are interdependent. When interdependent organizational actors with different interests need to attain certain goals, this can not be done without working with and through others. Consequently, leaders need to find ways to influence others to act in ways which they might not choose to do otherwise. We discuss how these political actions are associated with networking behaviors and how social relationships coevolve power dynamics in organizations. This course will introduce you to t and ways to apply the knowledge to particular situations through class discussion, case analysis, and inclass activities.

Prerequisites: none listed

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