ALC511

038024

This course provides an introduction to the principles and practices central to organizational innovation and leadership. Frameworks and methods for designing, developing, and implementing innovation within agricultural organizations and industrial settings and environments will be explored. The overarching goal of the course is to equip students with the perspective and skill base necessary to be leaders of innovation and change within agricultural organizations that extend across educational, public, governmental, and industrial settings and environments.

Graduate-level requirements include a semester long case study that will culminate in both a term paper and in-class presentation. Additionally, the graduate level requirements will include three short papers (2 double-spaced pages) that critique scholarly research on topics relevant to organizational change and innovation across the agricultural fields. Lastly, graduate students will be expected to make meaningful contributions to in-class discussions. These graduate-level requirements are in addition to a mid-term and final exam.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Graduate

GIDP - ABS (Applied Biosciences)

ALC411