This course provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the nature of organizing in modern society and the variety of organizational forms that provide contexts in which leadership matters within agriculture. Students will consider the structural forms and underlying purposes served by organizations in multiple sectors of society, including corporations, farms, non-profit, and society. Differences and similarities among types of organizations will be considered through a variety of metaphorical lens that facilitate our understanding and interpretation of that students encounter in their professional lives. Different leadership theories will be presented that students will encounter in their future professional settings.
