Congratulations for finding the Blog of the Summer 2008 Edition of the Organization Theory and Design course offered by Sprott-Shaw College, Burnaby Campus! This site, and the accompanying Organization Theory and Design Wiki are an important part of your learning experience as well as invaluable learning tools which will help you succeed in this course.
My name is Alex Olteanu, and I am very excited to be your instructor this summer. I have taught Canadian and US Business Law before, at university level, for large classrooms composed mostly of international students - so I know the challenges you all will face in studying a new and difficult subject in a language that is most likely not your mother-tongue. Well, that's something we share, since I immigrated to Canada some 25 years ago from Europe. I studied politics and law in Canada and the United Kingdom, and worked in the legal field for almost two decades in both these countries. I am also the founder and president of a non-profit organisation, CRAEDO, whose main aim is to rethink what it means to be an active citizen in a 21st Century democracy at local, national and international levels. I speak fluently (besides English!) French, Spanish, German, and Romanian - so I will be able to help all those among you who need some assistance with your English skills - especially essay writing and public speaking.
As you know, Organization Theory and Design is a four-week course, from August 4 to August 29, 2008. We will meet four times a week, Mondays to Thursdays from 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm, for two and a half hours. The workload, group activities, readings and assignments are spread out throughout the week. Therefore, it is vital that you access this site and the wiki on a daily basis to stay in touch with me and your colleagues, check on news and announcements, and submit your work. Organization Theory and Design is a very intensive course and it is very important that you keep up-to-date with your work in this course and do not fall behind. As long as you do so, and make sure you come to every class on time every time, you all should do very well in this course and learn valuable information and skills that will help you a lot in your future academic and business careers.
I will be available for one-on-one tutoring after each class. Please contact me to make an appointment if you wish to see me individually.
I will post additional material and information for our first class both here and on the Wikki, by Monday July 28, 2008. Please make sure you familiarise yourself with them before coming to class.
I look forward to getting to know you all soon!
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