Make the organization of your company and teams one of the keys to overcoming management challenges, implementing strategic initiatives, or capturing business opportunities. Gain the knowledge, develop the skills and learn the tools that will help you effectively organize for projects, product design or the constantly changing competitive environment.

The SCPD offers a portfolio of courses on the behavior and design of organizations that combines theory with practice and will give you the concepts, skills and tools for:

• Performing organizational analysis
• Supporting geographically distributed teams
• Forming effective design teams
• Developing organizational skills, knowledge, and infrastructure
• Understanding how organizations take control of information technology (IT) to gain a competitive edge

• Building Dynamic Entrepreneurial Organizations (MS&E 274)
• Management and Organization of Research and Development (MS&E281)
• Management of New Product Development (MS&E266)
• Organization Design for Projects and Companies (CEE 242)
• Organizational Behavior and Management (MS&E 280)
• Organizations and Information Systems (MS&E 234)

• Global Entrepreneurial Leadership
  
• Stanford Advanced Project Management


• Converting Strategy into Action
• Mastering the Project Portfolio
• Designing the Organization for Execution
• Managing Upward
• Managing Without Authority
• The Effective Project Management Office

During the Autumn, Winter and Spring Quarters, SCPD makes it possible for the public to view a series of thought-provoking seminars on a broad range of topics such as Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders. The weekly seminars feature presentations by distinguished Stanford faculty, senior researchers and industry experts. They are available for viewing online via streaming video.

Use the link to the right to register to view upcoming seminars. You may also join our mailing list for periodic updates of new courses and programs in engineering or other fields of interest to you.