<p>Lecture, three hours. Strategic corporate research is a key strategy used by the labor movement in supporting worker organizing efforts. Drawing from its history in the New Left, strategic corporate research involves mapping and understanding corporate structures to better contextualize workers and their place within their employer&#39;s overall organization. Study of the basics and best practices of strategic corporate research by exploring key corporations from the Los Angeles region to map out their role in shaping our workplaces and communities. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Labor Studies

College of Letters and Science

LBR STD 184 - Strategic Research for Los Angeles Workers

Strategic Research for Los Angeles Workers

Understand and be able to analyze corporate risk management and plans for the future; 

Effectively and confidently research and analyze corporate financial statements;  

Co-generate knowledge about the corporation in collaboration with workers; 

Confidently engage with working people from a variety of educational backgrounds and experiences about issues of corporate behavior; 

Evaluate various sources of knowledge from corporate filings and from the community to generate a holistic image of the corporation and its role in the Los Angeles community;  

Generate and maintain a respectful and meaningful collaborative relationship with a community partner organization.  

Value and consider carefully the role of employees in better understanding the results of corporate research; 

Synthesize real world information from interviewees with reported financial data and other sources to prepare a holistic understanding of firm behavior; 

Present findings from this synthesis to people from a variety of educational backgrounds and experiences in a popular format which they will be able to clearly understand; 

General Catalog

Strategic Research for Los Angeles Workers

LBR STD 184

4 units