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Organizational leadership requires a deep and nuanced understanding of how individuals behave in organizational settings. Effective leaders create environments that are consistent with the fundamentals of human behavior in organizations. This course examines the nature of individual and group behavior in work environments and how it affects organizational performance. Special emphasis is placed on psychological principles, how and why people act as they do, and the use of (leadership) theories as conceptual tools for analyzing and solving organizational problems.
This course examines the nature of individual and group behavior in work environments and how it affects organizational performance.
Objectives:
- Identify and define organizational behavior (OB) concepts.
- Understand what organization development (OD) is and the similarities and differences between OB and OD.
- Apply organizational behavior theories and models to improve their understanding of their own work attitudes and behaviors.
- Identify principles and challenges related to organizational behavior at the level of individual, team and organization.
- Use leadership theories to improve individual, team or organization performance.
- Create a plan to improve their own leadership skills.
- Faculty: Angela Patterson
- Faculty: Keith Ray
Organizational analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of social and technical systems are essential. This course examines the design, redesign, and implementation of effective organizations. There will be a focus on the external environment, technology, structure (and their interrelationship), organizational culture, and change management. Special emphasis is placed on the structural changes necessary to best ensure constructive organizational behaviors, quality of work life, productivity and achievement of overall organizational goals.
Organizational culture influences the likelihood of success or failure for change strategies and initiatives. This course examines the factors that drive organizational change, focusing on change in organizational culture, structure, and communication. special emphasis is placed on change resistance, dimensions of change, and approaches to the change management process. Students will analyze, evaluate, and apply change models to real-life organizational change and development initiatives.
The complexity, pace, and scale of organizational change has grown significantly over recent years. Anticipating, responding to, and leading change are major challenges for leaders in all sectors today. The change management module is designed to increase students' ability to respond to and manage change. They'll learn the critical processes and success factors required within organizations to ensure change is implemented successfully. This module covers both change management theory and practice and strongly encourages students to develop an integrated and agile approach to change.
The objectives of this course are to:
- Apply change management techniques and models, and act effectively as an agent for change to address complex organizational problems.
- Identify the various roles consultants/change agents play in the management of change.
- Critically evaluate the scope and nature of organizational change in different settings and the role of different disciplines in achieving change.
- Identify factors that could interfere with change implementation and employ strategies to deal effectively with them.
- Faculty: Michael McElhenie