2025 Fall

INDENG 171 2 - LEC 2

Berkeley Changemaker: Ethical and Effective Entrepreneurship in High Tech

Lee Fleming

Aug 27, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025

Tu, Th

09:30 am - 10:59 am

Etcheverry 1174

Class #:30418

Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 24

Enrolled: 16

Waitlisted: 2

Capacity: 40

Waitlist Max: 15

Open Reserved Seats:

10 reserved for Operations Research and Management Science Majors with 5 or more Terms in Attendance`

14 reserved for Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Majors with 5 or more Terms in Attendance or Transfer students in their first term at Berkeley

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 6 hours of outside work hours per week.

This course emphasizes the three Berkeley Changemaker pillars of critical thinking, effective communication, and productive collaboration. It combines critical examination of entrepreneurial challenges with strategic, ethical, and leadership theories. It develops verbal and collaborative leadership skills, through flipped classroom and intense case discussions, a team project, and a formal final presentation of the project. The case discussions in particular will develop effective listening, real-time analysis, and verbal leadership skills. The project will challenge you to analyze a current or historical ethical challenge in a high technology industry, or analyze the ethical implications of your own entrepreneurial plans.

Class Description

This course is open to juniors and seniors of all majors and will focus on the current and future challenges of effective and ethical leadership in high technology industries. We will critically examine real entrepreneurial challenges using strategic, ethical, and leadership theories and frameworks. The course will strengthen your verbal and collaborative leadership skills, through flipped classroom and intense case discussions, a team project, and a formal presentation of the project. The case discussions in particular will help you develop effective listening, real-time analysis, and efficacy in verbal leadership. The project will also challenge you to analyze a current or historical ethical challenge in a high technology industry, or analyze the ethical implications of your own entrepreneurial plans.

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions

Students will receive no credit for IND ENG 171 after completing UGBA 105.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Reserved Seats

Reserved Seating For This Term

Current Enrollment

Open Reserved Seats:

10 reserved for Operations Research and Management Science Majors with 5 or more Terms in Attendance`

14 reserved for Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Majors with 5 or more Terms in Attendance or Transfer students in their first term at Berkeley

Terms in Attendance:
Undergraduate Classifications Information