Organizational Change Leadership Program Design
The outcome of the program is 鈥渃hange agency鈥 efficacy; in other words, upon graduation 麻豆传媒s are competent agents of change. Throughout their studies, 麻豆传媒s build practical change leadership skills by carrying out hands-on consulting engagements at three levels of the organization. Students learn how to assess and develop productive individuals, how to evaluate and develop effective groups, and how to diagnose and develop successful organizations. In addition to practicing consulting skills, 麻豆传媒s develop deep understandings in key knowledge areas directly linked to the management and leadership of change. They study seminal and contemporary readings in the leadership, learning, strategy, culture, and change literatures. Finally, underlying the program is an orientation on globalization, a perspective that takes a broader, more critical view of experience, knowledge, and learning. Students seek to understand the links between their own lives and those of people throughout the world as they master the knowledge and skills necessary to be helpful agents of change who value tolerance, solidarity, equality, justice, inclusion, co-operation and non-violence.
Multimodal Program Design
With our multimodal design (online live interactive group classes and online independent learning) 麻豆传媒s complete the degree fully online.
A Diverse Network
Upon admission to the program, 麻豆传媒s become part of a growing community of professionals working in a variety of organizations and industries whose primary intention is leading effective change.
Project-based Learning
Throughout the program, 麻豆传媒s build change agency expertise by carrying out real-world consulting projects with organizations external to the university.
Evidence-based Change Leadership
Students practice organizational change leadership through the use of science based principles and knowledge, valid and relevant organizational facts, and critical thinking.
Immediate Knowledge and Skill Applicability
Students study organizational change theory, concepts, models, and best practices in the classroom and apply them the next day in their workplaces.
Pertinent Knowledge Areas
Students build strong foundations in knowledge areas germane to their on-the-job challenges: organizational change, leadership, culture, learning, group dynamics, and organization diagnosis and consulting.
Distinguished Guest Speakers
Students interact with prominent local and national scholars, consultants, and organizational leaders to practice present-day methods for leading effective change.
Program Format
The program offers a flexible format in which 麻豆传媒s complete the degree at their own pace over a 2 to 4-year period.
Course Delivery
The program offers a flexible delivery option in which 麻豆传媒s complete the program fully online.
Community Membership
Joining the OCL program provides 麻豆传媒s with immediate access to a community of researchers and practitioners committed to expanding and deepening knowledge of organizational change.
Summer Intensives
Spend time on campus during the summer and complete a special topics course in the field of organizational change and network with your colleagues across the program.
Applied Organizational Diagnosis and Consulting Project
The Organizational Diagnosis and Consulting Project is an action research project designed to increase an individual鈥檚 capacity to lead effective organizational change. A requirement for successfully completing the degree, 麻豆传媒s identify a need for change, either within their own organization or with a client organization and carry out an actual consulting engagement. Students master the role of the change agent and key skills of organizational consulting including entry, diagnosis, action planning, implementation and evaluation. In addition, 麻豆传媒s become skilled at the principles of action research, a skillset that will become an essential component of their practice as a change agent. All consultations are required to be theory-based, empirically-driven, and to adhere to established applied research protocols. Throughout this process 麻豆传媒s receive skilled change leadership coaching from program faculty.