EDD855 Organization Development (3 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): EDD809 , EDD820  
This course applies the principles of education to the discipline of organization development, which studies the ways in which individuals as well as the organization refines existing skills and develops new skills. Topics include the examination of assumptions, strategies, models, and motivational systems that contribute to organizational performance, as well as techniques that develop the organization’s ability to innovate, improve, and manage change.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Analyze organization development.
2. Evaluate various organization interventions.
3. Evaluate appropriate applications of OD to various organizations.
4. Apply organization development theory to an existing organization.
5. Analyze the history of organization theory.
6. Evaluate models of resource management.