Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: distinguish between the classical management theory of thought and the neoclassical theory as well as identify some of the key theorists and theories associated with each movement; appraise modern organizational theory including the quantitative approach, systems approach, contingency approach, systems approach, resource dependency approach, transaction cost theory, socio-technical systems, organizational ecology, goal setting and organizational development approach; classify and compare the different types of organizational structures and explain the reasons behind the variations in the different types of structures; analyze organizational communication and discriminate the intricacies of internal communication as well as external communication; contrast the different sources of power in an organization and identify strategies for gaining and exercising power; evaluate different organizational decision-making theories and appraise the issue of groupthink in decision making; summarize the organizational change process analyze change theory and compare models evaluating organizational effectiveness.