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The Art of Leadership
Dariush Khaleghi
  Course FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 4 04 Evening and Weekend Su 12Summer Session II The Art of Leadership is a highly interactive course, encouraging personal reflection and deep learning to help students explore their own leadership qualities.  This course provides a multi-disciplinary approach to learning by blending behavior theory with business principles to provide practical applications to learn critical topics in leadership.  This course is centered on personalized learning opportunities where students are encouraged to develop their full potential and become the leader they always desired to be.  This course also introduces a set of comprehensive exercises and engaging self-assessment tools to allow students learn more about themselves and their capacity to lead.  The course teaches concepts, principles, and skills of leadership in a way that is appropriate for both new and experienced leaders, as well as anyone who must influence others to achieve common goals and objectives. Dariush Khaleghi Fri Sat Sun Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Summer Summer
Business and Sustainability: Myth or Method?
Bobbie McIntosh and Rebecca Chamberlain
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 8 08 Weekend F 11 Fall W 12Winter S 12Spring Current business and leadership programs at Evergreen support the concept of sustainability, but there is still confusion in the debate about terminology as well as what constitutes “best practices.”  In this year-long, interdisciplinary program, we will ask, “What does it mean to live sustainably on a personal, local, and global level?”  What does it mean to claim that an organization is moving toward sustainability, or is “green?”  Paul Hawken suggests, in , that our economy is shifting from human-based productivity to radical increases in resource productivity.  How is this measured?  One of the goals of this program is to develop a set of competencies that will address this need, in an increasingly changing economy and job market, as we also engage in developing a well-rounded liberal arts education.  Each of the participants will develop an economic business plan and story that will support their evolving understanding of sustainable business, green branding, and how to use effective marketing and promotional skills to create a vision for economic and social happiness.  Each business plan will contain team writing projects.  We will also develop storytelling, writing, and other academic and professional skills and tools that will enable us to create a strong foundation and to form a vision for understanding the economics of "The Green Business Myth."  We will develop critical reading, writing, and thinking skills in the liberal arts, as we promote and implement concepts of social change, ethics, personal and community enrichment, and support our goals in forming pathways to move toward cultural and environmental sustainability. This program will have a thematic focus each quarter.  In the fall, we will explore the personal, heroic, and mythic journeys we go on, individually and collectively, as we pursue our outer and inner dreams.  In the winter, we will explore different historical and cultural perspectives of the American dream, and how it relates to community, family, place, and commodities of exchange, gift-giving, and reciprocity.  In the spring, we will explore home-coming, finding our deepest purpose, community service, leader as martial artist, and pathways for creating a new earth, through mindfulness practices of gratitude and appreciation.  We will explore each of these themes through the lens of literature, writing, mythology, psychology, cultural studies, and sustainable business practices. business, economics, social change and service, communications, humanities, education, leadership. Bobbie McIntosh Rebecca Chamberlain Sat Sun Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Fall Fall Winter Spring
Business, Finance and Statistics, Oh My!
Glenn Landram and David Shaw
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 16 16 Day S 12Spring This program focuses on contemporary business issues, as well as introductions to personal finance and managerial finance. It also includes basic undergraduate statistics, which will serve as a foundation for further work in advanced social sciences in any graduate program (e.g., an MBA or MPA) requiring statistics. But fear not; this material is not only useful and practical but also learnable. The program will provide the quantitative basics for the conduct and understanding of business domestically and abroad, as well as examine the tension faced by smaller businesses caught between the forces of globalization on the one hand and a desire for greater localism on the other. There will be workshops, lectures, films, guest speakers and student led sessions. Readings such as the ; the ; ; ; and will focus on increasing student familiarity with current business topics, and developing the skills to organize and analyze business and economic data. Strategies for effectively presenting quantitative information will also be emphasized. Students will compete in an advanced business simulation in teams. The simulation will require substantial student research, including analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. Students will emerge from the simulation with improved teamwork skills, as well as a greater understanding of financial statement analysis, competitive strategy, marketing, operations, and business economics. social science, business, management, and public administration. Glenn Landram David Shaw Mon Wed Thu Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Spring Spring
Business Foundations
Allen Jenkins
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 8 08 Evening F 11 Fall W 12Winter S 12Spring This program is an introduction to management, leadership, and the basic concepts of entrepreneurship (starting, financing, growing, and running a successful business). It provides theoretical and practical frameworks for the realities of starting and running a business in a global economy.  Topics include business structure, financial management, financing operations, growth and leadership, business practices and protocol, and cultural aspects of doing business in today's world.  The program will explore how organizations are defined, legally and financially, and advantages and disadvantages of each type.  Using seminar, case studies, simulations, guest speakers, discussions, and assigned tasks, we will focus on strategic planning, organizational development, forecasting, budgeting, startup funding, and financial management.  Students will build the foundations for a solid understanding of how businesses work and how to manage and lead.  These foundations are essential for developing the confidence, objectivity, and vision necessary to make effective decisions both as an individual and as a leader. In fall, the program covers basic concepts and practices of entrepreneurship small business management, and leadership.  Winter covers financial and managerial accounting, financial statement analysis, and internal control systems and the significant roles they have in making sound business decisions, and in the management of a business.  Students will learn how to use QuickBooks accounting software.   In spring, the program continues its quantitative focus covering financial statement and ratio analyses to access company performance and to find the real cost of raising money (cost of capital) in the debt equity (stock) markets. This program promotes financial intelligence and quantitative reasoning using case studies as a way to "look through" nicely ordered numbers for clues to potential problems and to interpret and convey financial data clearly, concisely, and accurately. Excel is used for assignments, so the complexities of calculation will not be an impediment to learning and will allow students to concentrate on analytical thinking. business, management, marketing, entrepreneurship Allen Jenkins Tue Thu Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Fall Fall Winter Spring
Business in a Global Context
Theresa Aragon
  Program JR–SRJunior - Senior 8 08 Weekend S 12Spring The world as we know it has changed immeasurably over the past ten years. Our horizon has been expanded through quantum advances in communication and computer technology. We are now members of a global society and as such have an intellectual responsibility to attempt an understanding of globalization. Globalization has created both opportunities and challenges for international business and will serve as the organizing framework for our study of international business. We will inform our understanding through the perspective of politics, economics, social science, culture and history. Learning in this class will be interdependent and dynamic. It will require everyone’s best effort and full commitment. Credits will be given in globalization and international business. Theresa Aragon Sat Sun Junior JR Senior SR Spring Spring
Business Law
Natividad Valdez
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 8 08 Weekend Su 12Summer Session I The class will entail an overview of contracts, employer liability, intellectual property, antitrust, and benefits. The course will incorporate real-world business scenarios, and students will learn how to apply legal principles to those situations. Students will learn how to create a business and learn how to navigate prevalent legal issues. The class will include a guest speaker from the business community. Natividad Valdez Sat Sun Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Summer Summer
Developing Management Skills
Cynthia Kennedy
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 4, 8 04 08 Evening and Weekend Su 12Summer Full This weekend-intensive program is designed for students who either are, or plan to be, in the position of managing their own work groups, heading up large companies, starting businesses that change society, managing the world's most important non-profits, or serving in government. The program will introduce basic language, concepts, tools, and problem-framing methodologies that are needed to develop management skills. The first half of the program focuses on motivating others, team-building, developing self-awareness, and communicating supportively. The second half of the program focuses on leadership, decision-making, understanding power and influence, and solving problems creatively. Students may attend either the first half, the second half, or both. Cynthia Kennedy Fri Sat Sun Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Summer Summer
Embracing Conflict
Mark Harrison and Theresa Aragon
  Program SO–SRSophomore - Senior 8 08 Weekend F 11 Fall W 12Winter Conflict is a fundamental dynamic of human experience and interaction.  It is the necessary struggle to balance concern for self with connections to others.  Because pain, suffering, and stress are deeply associated with our perception of conflict, we tend to regard conflict as a destructive or destabilizing force.Seen from another perspective, however, conflict is one of the most life-affirming forces in nature.  Without conflict, children would not develop into normal human beings. Without conflict, literature and the performing arts would be dull and insignificant.  Without conflict (and conflict resolution), we would live in a rather uneventful and humorless world. The challenge for all of us and the purpose of this program is to understand and experience conflict as an important, unavoidable, and generally useful lifeforce.  In this two-quarter program, we will explore and analyze conflict from the perspective of the in the fall and in the winter.  We will draw on a variety of sources—among them the arts, current events and politics, work and the business environment, forms of play—to learn about the nature of conflict and its role in society.  The program format will include lectures, seminars (in class and online), as well as active learning in the form of workshops, exercises, group and individual presentations, and field trips to performances.  We will focus on clarity in oral and written communication, critical analysis, and the ability to work across disciplines and significant differences. Mark Harrison Theresa Aragon Tue Sat Sun Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Fall Fall Winter
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
John Filmer and Neil Delisanti
  Program FR–SOFreshmen - Sophomore 16 16 Day F 11 Fall W 12Winter Organizations, fail or succeed according to their ability to adapt to fluid legal, cultural, political and economic realities. Strong, competent management leads to strong successful organizations. This program will explore the essentials of for-profit and non-profit business development through the study of classical economics, economic development and basic business principles. Critical reasoning will be taught to facilitate an understanding of economics and its application to the business environment. You will be introduced to the tools, skills and concepts you need to develop strategies for navigating your organization in an ever-changing environment.Management is a highly interdisciplinary profession where generalized, connected knowledge plays a critical role. Knowledge of the liberal arts/humanities or of technological advances may be as vital as skill development in finance, law, organizational dynamics or the latest management theory. As an effective leader/manager you must develop the ability to read, comprehend, contextualize and interpret the flow of events impacting your organization. Communication skills, critical reasoning, quantitative analysis and the ability to research, sort out, comprehend and digest voluminous amounts of material separate the far-thinking and effective organizational leader/manager from the pedestrian administrator. Fall quarter will focus on these basic skills in preparation for projects and research during the winter. During winter quarter, you will engage in discussions with practitioners in businesses and various other private sector and government organizations. You will be actively involved in research and project work with some of these organizations and it will provide an opportunity to investigate and design exciting  internships for the spring quarter. Class work both quarters will include lectures, book seminars, projects, case studies and field trips. Texts will include by Thomas Zimmerer by Thomas Sowell, by M. Neil Browne and Stuart Keeley, and by John A. Tracy. Evergreen's management graduates enjoy a reputation for integrity and for being bold and creative in their approaches to problem solving, mindful of the public interest and attentive to their responsibilities toward the environment and their employees, volunteers, customers, stockholders, stakeholders, and neighbors. Expect to read a lot, study hard and be challenged to think clearly, logically and often. Your competence as a manager is in the balance. business, non-profit management, and economics. John Filmer Neil Delisanti Mon Wed Fri Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Fall Fall
Ethics in the Workplace: Theory and Practice
Stephen Beck and Joli Sandoz
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 8 08 Evening and Weekend F 11 Fall What's the right thing to do when as an employee you witness illegal actions?  Whose interests should take priority in pricing and hiring decisions? What choices can you make when your supervisor tells you to ignore company policy?  Employees sometimes face situations such as these that suggest a conflict between being a good employee and being a good person.  We will study several approaches to ethical decision making and, through intensive writing and seminar discussions, use these approaches to clarify issues faced at work.  The shared vocabulary and frameworks we develop will allow us to talk and think about ethical issues and write and share personal workplace ethical statements.  Program work will also include reading several Washington State laws related to ethics and exploring issues, choice points, and the roles of moral reasoning and moral leadership at work.The program will meet on Wednesdays in conjunction with the course .  (You may enroll either in for 8 credits or for 4 credits, but you may not enroll in both.)  will meet additionally as a program on five Saturdays to deepen our understanding of ethical issues through writing, role-playing, playing and analyzing board games as framing ethical strategies, and other hands-on activities.  In addition, we will focus part of each Saturday meeting on building and strengthening strong college-level writing skills to prepare students for more advanced work.Credit will be awarded in philosophy (ethics) and ethical decision making. business, ethics Stephen Beck Joli Sandoz Wed Sat Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Fall Fall
Exploring Management
Dariush Khaleghi
  Course FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 4 04 Evening and Weekend Su 12Summer Session I The primary goal of the Exploring Management course is to help build core management competencies for today's global and more complex workplace.  We will use hands-on approaches such as case studies, exercises, and application workshops to study issues related to planning, controlling, leading, and organizing the workplace.  The course has been designed to use conversational and interactive material to help students master fundamental management concepts.  The ultimate objective of this course is to promote critical thinking and the ability to make sound business decisions using key managerial concepts, theories, and best practices. supervision, management, leadership Dariush Khaleghi Fri Sat Sun Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Summer Summer
Foundations of Health Science
Benjamin Simon, Glenn Landram and Lydia McKinstry
Signature Required: Winter  Spring 
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 16 16 Day F 11 Fall W 12Winter S 12Spring This year-long, laboratory-based program will offer students a conceptual and methodological introduction to biology and chemistry with a focus on health and medicine. We will use organizing themes that link the science of human health with the economic, financial, ethical and legal issues associated with the demand and cost of medical research and public health care. Over the course of three quarters, we will study portions of general chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, general biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology, nutrition, statistics, economics and management, and human behavior. Students will use scientific processes, quantitative reasoning and hands-on experiences to develop problem-solving skills directed at understanding these subjects in the context of human health. This program is primarily designed for students contemplating work in medicine and allied health fields, including nursing, physical therapy, midwifery, athletic training, nutrition and others. This program is also appropriate for students interested in public health or public policy who want a solid foundation in biology and chemistry or students who wish to study rigorous science as part of a liberal arts education. Program activities will include lectures, laboratories, small-group problem-solving workshops, homework, field trips and seminars. Our readings and discussions will be concerned with the economic, ethical and scientific aspects of human health as they relate to the global community as well as individuals. Students will undertake assignments focused on interpreting and integrating the topics covered. During spring quarter, students will participate in small-group collaboration on a scientific investigation relevant to the program content. Project topics will be developed under the direction of the faculty and students will describe the results of this research through formal writing and public presentation. All program work will emphasize quantitative reasoning, critical thinking and development of proficiency in scientific writing and speaking skills. Upon completion of this program students will have gained some of the prerequisites necessary for careers in the allied health fields and public health administration. Students will also be prepared for further studies in upper division science. Students who master the biology and chemistry work in this program will be prepared to enroll in the Molecule to Organism program. Students preparing for medical school will likely need further coursework in inorganic or general chemistry to fulfill prerequisites for medical school. Overall, we expect students to end the program in the spring with a working knowledge of scientific, social and economic principles relating to human health and public health care. We also expect that they will have gained an ability to apply these principles to solving real world problems relating to natural science, disease and human health. medicine and allied health fields, and public health administration. Benjamin Simon Glenn Landram Lydia McKinstry Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Fall Fall Winter Spring
From Fragmentation to Wholeness: Developing a Systems Perspective
Kathy Kelly
  Program JR–SRJunior - Senior 8 08 Weekend W 12Winter S 12Spring What is a system and how is it different from a pile of parts?  What is a whole system?  In what ways does understanding whole systems contribute to wisdom and well-being?  This two-quarter program will introduce students to general systems theory.  Students will learn basic characteristics of systems and explore systems across an array of disciplines—ecological, organizational, economic, and cosmological. Students will be introduced to tools and develop practices to help gain an understanding of complex systems and system dynamics.In winter quarter, students will work with cases from their professional or personal experience to observe and identify system dynamics and then imagine and anticipate possible interventions and consequent systemic effects.  In the spring quarter, our study will extend to understanding ourselves in relation to the systems in which we are living as we explore the nearby Nisqually River watershed to see how ecological, economic, and civic systems are interconnected.Students will be introduced to ecological economics, an analytic tool that advances a systems perspective in service of environmental conservation and development in public policy making.  Over both quarters, we will observe our class as a living system—a learning laboratory connecting theory to practice—as we develop ourselves as individuals, leaders, and participants in a learning community.  Through reading, participatory exercises, reflection, writing, stories, and expressive arts, students will cultivate a systems perspective as a way of understanding complex systems.  Students will be better able to design holistically and intervene wisely for greater well-being for themselves, their organizations, and communities.Learning Objectives:Class will meet five weekends per quarter, with online work between meetings. Kathy Kelly Sat Sun Junior JR Senior SR Winter Winter Spring
Global Business Tools for Sustainable Ventures
David Shaw and Zoe Van Schyndel
  Program JR–SRJunior - Senior 16 16 Day F 11 Fall W 12Winter This program is designed for junior and senior students who want to build a strong foundation in sustainable business. Students in this program will explore what it means to go beyond the traditional profit-centered approach to business. We will look at the concept of systems thinking and sustainability within an entrepreneurial process, and investigate how this concept is applicable to any discipline of business such as management, marketing and finance. We will look at sustainable entrepreneurs around the world in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors. We will learn from their experiences about opportunities and activities connected to social and environmental topics. This two-quarter program includes students designing, completing and reporting on a very substantial research project that will include conducting several weeks of research, either locally off-campus or anywhere in the U.S. During fall quarter students will build a strong foundation in research methods, finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, sustainability, and management. The final assignment for the fall quarter will be a research proposal for conducting off-campus research about a sustainable business during winter quarter.For winter quarter, students will visit a sustainable business, organization or industry in the U.S. to conduct their research. Students should expect to work eight weeks of the quarter off-campus at the organization and to remain in close virtual communication with the faculty who will be providing weekly feedback. Week 1 will be used to make final preparations for the off campus research and week 10 for presenting preliminary research findings to the class. sustainability, globalization, international business and trade, entrepreneurship, economic development, competitive advantage of nations and regions, business history, political economy of natural resources, eco-tourism and sustainable agriculture. David Shaw Zoe Van Schyndel Junior JR Senior SR Fall Fall
Human Resource Management
Theresa Aragon, Cary Randow and Natividad Valdez
Signature Required: Winter 
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 8 08 Evening and Weekend F 11 Fall W 12Winter This program is designed to provide a detailed overview of five specific areas of human resource management:  All areas of the program are designed to provide conceptual understanding through readings and case analyses while developing skills through practice, role plays, and simulations. Students who successfully complete the coursework in all five areas will be given a certificate of completion and should be prepared to pursue employment and professional certification in human resource management. Fall quarter focuses on the first two areas.  We will cover the basics of human resource management including strategic planning, recruitment, orientation, retention, job design, and organizational development.  We will also review aspects of labor law including the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and major employment discrimination laws including sexual harassment, disability, family leave, wage standards, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.  Students will learn how to apply these major laws to 'real-work' situations and will have a very good understanding of the major provisions. Winter quarter will focus on human resource development and training, performance management, and total compensation.  We will cover a number of training and development topics including needs analysis and instructional design and evaluation while distinguishing between leadership development and skills development.  We will also examine the components of a total compensation program: salary, benefits, and workplace environment.  Specific topics will include pay philosophies, determining job value, and strategic approaches to communication. Students who have completed Evergreen HR management courses in previous years may register for and attend the modules they have not already completed by contacting Theresa Aragon for a faculty signature. human resources Theresa Aragon Cary Randow Natividad Valdez Fri Sat Sun Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Fall Fall Winter
Human Resource Management
Dariush Khaleghi, Cary Randow and Natividad Valdez
Signature Required: Spring 
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 8 08 Evening and Weekend W 12Winter S 12Spring This program is designed to provide a detailed overview of five specific areas of human resource management:  All areas of the program are designed to provide conceptual understanding through readings and case analyses while developing skills through practice, role plays, and simulations. Students who successfully complete the coursework in all five areas will be given a certificate of completion and should be prepared to pursue employment and professional certification in human resource management. Winter quarter focuses on the first two areas.  We will cover the basics of human resource management including strategic planning, recruitment, orientation, retention, job design, and organizational development.  We will also review aspects of labor law including the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and major employment discrimination laws including sexual harassment, disability, family leave, wage standards, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.  Students will learn how to apply these major laws to 'real-work' situations and will have a very good understanding of the major provisions. Spring quarter will focus on human resource development and training, performance management, and total compensation.  We will cover a number of training and development topics including needs analysis and instructional design and evaluation while distinguishing between leadership development and skills development.  We will also examine the components of a total compensation program: salary, benefits, and workplace environment.  Specific topics will include pay philosophies, determining job value, and strategic approaches to communication. Students who have completed Evergreen HR management courses in previous years may register for and attend the modules they have not already completed by contacting Dariush Khaleghi for a faculty signature. human resources Dariush Khaleghi Cary Randow Natividad Valdez Wed Fri Sat Sun Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Winter Winter Spring
Individual Study/Internships: Business, Management, Non-Profits, Seaport & Maritime Studies, International Trade
John Filmer
Signature Required: Spring 
  Contract SO–SRSophomore - Senior 16 16 Day S 12Spring This is not a course!  There is no classroom!Individual Learning Contracts require students to take full responsibility for their learning, including a bibliography, the design of the syllabus, and learning schedule. The faculty sponsor merely acts as an educational manager and not as a tutor.Individual Learning Contracts traditionally offer students an opportunity to do advanced study in areas that are not usually possible through regular programs or courses at Evergreen and in which they already have established skills and/or background. Internships provide a different opportunity to apply prior learning but in this case, with the intent of developing applicational skills and people skills rather than focusing solely on advanced study or research.John welcomes the opportunity to work with students interested in maritime studies including history, geography, sociology, literature and navigation and the technology of sailing vessels. He also can prove of great value to students interested in business and non-profit development, organizational management, project management, international business, financial analysis, international trade, maritime commerce, economics, intermodal transportation and seaport management. John also sponsors business and non-profit internships, legislative internships and internships with state and federal government agencies, port authorities, maritime and merchant marine firms, freight forwarders and other private sector organizations, including banks and financial houses. agency administration, business, economics, leadership,  management, maritime and seaport studies, and U.S. history. John Filmer Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Spring Spring
Leader as Internal Consultant
Marcella Benson-Quaziena
  Program JR–SRJunior - Senior 8 08 Weekend F 11 Fall Organizations and individuals who lead them are dynamic systems that continue to change over their life spans.  This program is designed for students who wish to develop or enhance their leadership knowledge and skills through the lens of an internal consultant.  Students will examine the role of leaders as facilitators of change within organizations.  The program will concentrate on the personal and interpersonal skills essential for effective leadership and consultation.  The program will emphasize the concepts of motivation, interpersonal relationships, leadership, and organization culture.  The program will take a systemic approach to understand Self as a system, to examine purpose as an organizing force, and to explore how we can use an understanding of the connections between human systems and organizational structures to create change.  Students will be introduced to the field and practice of organizational development and use organizational theory and systems thinking to provide the context for understanding diverse organizations and for assessing leadership competency within an organizational context.  The program assumes a willingness to accept necessary changes in behavior, to practice, to apply skills, and to evaluate skill development through assessment of practice. Credits will be awarded in leadership development and organizational psychology. Marcella Benson-Quaziena Sat Sun Junior JR Senior SR Fall Fall
Leadership for the Common Good
Dariush Khaleghi and Steven Johnson
  Course SO–SRSophomore - Senior 4 04 Evening and Weekend W 12Winter Today’s leadership challenges are vastly different from the past.  The most notable difference is that society seeks leaders who not only strive to meet their business obligation but also take action to benefit the society and promote the common good.  In response to such a paradigm shift, there is a need for a new generation of leaders whose personal and professional values, in addition to their compelling vision for a just and sustainable world, fuels their passion to become change agents and transformational leaders.   This course is designed for students who are interested in developing themselves as effective leaders whose mission is to serve the common good. Dariush Khaleghi Steven Johnson Fri Sat Sun Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Winter Winter
Managing for High Performance
Dariush Khaleghi and Steven Johnson
  Course SO–SRSophomore - Senior 4 04 Evening and Weekend S 12Spring In today's rapidly changing business climate, managers are held accountable for the success of their organizations. Furthermore, they are being asked and even mandated to report their progress using hard data on regular basis.  Building high performance organizations to drive long-term success requires employee and team engagement, commitment, and productivity.  In this course students will be introduced to the performance management discipline and organizational behavior as the foundations of high performing individuals, groups, and organizations. Dariush Khaleghi Steven Johnson Fri Sat Sun Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Spring Spring
Organizational Conflict Management
Theresa Aragon
  Course SO–SRSophomore - Senior 4 04 Weekend S 12Spring This course is based on the premise that conflict is both “inevitable and beneficial” in successful organizations.  We will provide a foundation for our work through a brief overview of conflict resolution theory and practice.  We will examine interpersonal conflict, the role of organizational culture in conflict resolution and the impact of diversity on conflict.  Skill development in conflict management and resolution will be based on a collaborative approach involving team- work, case analysis, role-play, and theatric expression.  Readings will be drawn from relevant journals and books will include works on both organizational conflict and diversity. Theresa Aragon Sat Sun Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Spring Spring
Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Business Management
Thuy Vu
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 8 08 Weekend F 11 Fall W 12Winter S 12Spring Social enterprises, commonly known as non-profit organizations, are growth engines for social transformation and community building. This program aims to develop business competencies to operate social enterprises in a manner that is economically, financially, and socially sustainable. Specifically, the program will focus on organizational and financial development in fall quarter, moving to human resource management and quantitative business analysis in winter, and covering communications, marketing, and international business competencies in spring.  This program is for students with strong interest in business economics, organization development, human resource management, leadership, and community-building. business management, community development, organization development Thuy Vu Sat Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Fall Fall Winter Spring
Student-Originated Studies: Public Policy in Washington State
Cheri Lucas-Jennings
Signature Required: Spring 
  SOS JR–SRJunior - Senior 16 16 Day S 12Spring This program is designed to support students interested in internships with public agencies or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in public policy issues. Internship possibilities include but are not limited to: Department of Natural Resources, Department of Transportation, Department of Ecology,  City of Olympia, a Water Resources agency or a Growth Management Board. There are also numerous local NGOs (e.g. Capital Land Trust, various fisheries commissions) that are focused on a variety of public policy.In addition to internship work, students will complete an extensive independent research project focused on a public issue that is related to the internship work. Research topics could include public policy, environmental, land-use, health, education, welfare or other similar issues issues. Program work will include weekly meetings, peer-review groups, research, writing and presentation of the final paper. Final research papers will also be distributed to the relevant organizations or agencies. Cheri Lucas-Jennings Junior JR Senior SR Spring Spring
Theater of Business/Business of Theater
Bill Bruner and Walter Grodzik
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 16 16 Day S 12Spring Many playwrights have produced works about business -- Arthur Miller's , Eugene O'Neill's , Henrik Ibsen's and more recently Caryl Churchill's and Lucy Prebble's are just a few examples. These plays tell us something about business and how business is viewed by playwrights and probably by much of society. At the same time, theater is business; it employs the techniques of business management to raise revenues to support its productions. This introductory one-quarter program is designed to creatively integrate theater performance and arts management. We will read and perform plays about business and business-related topics. We will examine these plays for what they tell us about business and how they relate to introductory business theories, concepts and practices. The program will include lectures, seminars, reading and analysis, viewing plays and films, writing and performance workshops. Workshops will include the study of theatre games, acting, directing, design, and puppet and shadow theatre. We will also consider arts management as a means of supporting theater performances. In lectures and workshops we will cover such topics as writing vision and mission statements, setting goals and objectives, organizing, legal forms of organization, governance structures including boards of directors, and preparing budgets for both productions and for the theater organization as a whole. Students will prepare comprehensive management plans for theater companies and select an entire season of plays. performing arts, theater, business and management. Bill Bruner Walter Grodzik Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Spring Spring
Thinking it Through: Ethics at Work
Stephen Beck and Joli Sandoz
  Course FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 4 04 Evening F 11 Fall What's the right thing to do when as an employee you witness illegal actions?  Whose interests should take priority in pricing and hiring decisions?  What choices can you make when your supervisor tells you to ignore company policy?  Employees sometimes face situations such as these that suggest a conflict between being a good employee and being a good person.  We will study several approaches to ethical decision making in conjunction with the Washington State Ethics law, case studies, films, and short fiction in order to clarify issues faced at work.  This course meets in conjunction with the program . (You may enroll either in for 8 credits or for 4 credits, but you may not enroll in both.) business, ethics Stephen Beck Joli Sandoz Wed Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Fall Fall
Washington State Legislative Internships
Cheri Lucas-Jennings
Signature Required: Winter 
  SOS JR–SRJunior - Senior 16 16 Day and Evening W 12Winter This program will explore the broad conditions that shape legislation; it will examine models, evidence and debates about the sources, causal connections and impacts of evolving systems of law, regulation, governance and a broad array of community and political responses to wicked social dilemmas facing our state. Students apply to become interns for the 2012 Washington State Legislative session in the fall. Those who are selected work a regular, full week with the legislative office they are assigned to in the winter. Evergreen students also participate in a bi-weekly Seminar with focus on select readings and themes. Journal writings in response to these readings, discussion and experience in the 2012 session are a critically important feature.   This is an upper division internship with a possible 16 credits to be earned, when combined with academic reflection and analysis on your work in the legislature. To receive full credit, each student intern will write about the challenges, learning and implications of this work. Students will also be making public presentations about their learning at the end of the session and participate in workshops with larger intern groups from throughout the state. Focused writings submitted to the faculty sponsor on a regular basis will be reflective, analytic and make use of appropriate legislative data bases and all relevant references. Students will develop and submit a portfolio of all materials related to their work as legislative interns and receive evaluation both from their campus sponsor and a legislative supervisor at the capitol.  Cheri Lucas-Jennings Wed Junior JR Senior SR Winter Winter
Wisdom of the Body
Cynthia Kennedy
  Program FR–SRFreshmen - Senior 16 16 Day S 12Spring The body, a vital component in teaching and learning, has often been neglected in higher education. A possible reason for this neglect lies in the enduring influence of the writings of Rene Descartes who, in the 17th century, wrote "I think therefore I am." He stated that each of us has a mental realm within us that is separate from the sensual nature of the body. This separate realm of the mind was seen as "higher" than the faculties of the body. This way of thinking influences much of education today, as the intellect is seen as the location of rational thought, and therefore, more reliable than the body and its emotions. There is much evidence, however, that Descartes was wrong. This program is devoted to exploring the marriage between the mind and body with an emphasis on the body. We will investigate the central role of the body in many aspects of our lives including decision-making and leadership, creativity, emotional intelligence, health and self-image. Our guiding question will be, "What is the role the body plays in our development as whole human beings?" The approach to answering this question is enjoyable! Students will have an opportunity to learn in many ways using many modalities and multiple intelligences. We will integrate somatic (body-based) learning practices into our study including weekly yoga and dance workshops (no prior experience necessary). Our inquiry will ask us all to attune ourselves to the wisdom that is available and present in our own body awareness. We will participate in community readings, rigorous writing assignments, and critical study of important texts. In addition to the core work for everyone in the program, students will also design their own learning experiences. These can include field studies, research papers, or exploration of body-based practices. leadership positions, education, movement and expressive arts. Cynthia Kennedy Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR Spring Spring