The Final Countdown: Econ of Organizations In Review
As we come to the end of the semester, there comes a time to reflect on all of the lessons we've learned from the class. This is sometimes referred to as "ICES forms time", but there are also ways to reflect on a class that actually matter. Hopefully, this blog post and all others like it are helpful in ways that the ICES forms are not. Lessons Learned What have we learned in Econ of Orgs? Well, I'll certainly never forget that finger guns refer to the holdup problem. But outside of that, I've learned a ton about management structures. As someone who would like to go into Project Management upon graduation, this is certainly something that interests me. The various types of managers, monitoring, and rising to your level of incompetence are all things that I feel will stick with me well into my professional career. Class Structure The class structure was perhaps a bit too optimistic. While it makes perfect sense to have every class open to student di