MIT Sloan School of Management Course Description

Management Information Systems

Subject: Organizations as Enacted Systems: Learning, Knowing, and Change

Structured around a core of fundamental concepts concerning how people view organizations, and the application of these concepts to basic domains of action crucial for contemporary businesses: sense-making, learning, knowing, and change. Views organizations as enacted systems, wherein humans are continually shaping the structures that influence their action in turn. Subject is a reflective practicum, weaving theory, group exercises, and case studies. Learning occurs through active participation in workshops, class sessions, exercises, group projects, and reflection assignments.

Course #: 15.569

Professor(s) who recently taught this course:
Wanda W. Orlikowski
Peter Senge