Course Details
Course offered Spring 2022
HONORS 232 A: Multisector Collaboration for Societal Change (SSc, DIV, W)
HONORS 232 A: Multisector Collaboration for Societal Change (SSc, DIV, W)
SLN 15316 (View UW registration info »)
Office: 102 Communications Bldg, Box 353740
Phone: 543-4837
Email: kfoot@uw.edu
Credits: 5
Limit: 35 students
In today’s world organizations in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors must interact well for the sake of their own organization and societal needs, but they face many challenges in doing so. Students in HONORS 232:Multisector Collaboration for Societal Change will have the opportunity to explore the dynamics of interorganizational, multisector collaboration in a discussion-based seminar. Students will participate in discussions, develop communication strategies for interorganizational interactions, and analyze real-world instances of multisector collaboration.
The centerpiece of the course is a 5-week simulation in which each student has a role in a (mock) multisector community task force– situated in a fictional mountain town– that negotiates the creation of a proactive, wildfire mitigation plan. Through the simulation, students will apply knowledge gained from course readings, and develop skills in assessing other stakeholders’ needs and motives, building alliances, communicating constructively through disagreements, and developing multilateral agreements for the collective good.