OL645 Organization Change and Development (4 cr.)

This course focuses on organizational change and the skills and strategies to address opportunities for positive impact on organizations and their missions. Systems thinking is examined.

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

1. Analyze and understand micro-organizational behavior and organizations as systems.
2. Compare managed and emergent change approaches.
3. Evaluate opportunities for planned and emergent change approaches.
4. Evaluate components of the continuous improvement and learning culture.
5. Identify obstacles to change and strategies to address them.
6. Distinguish between strategies for changing individuals and changing organizations.
7. Propose and evaluate goals and measures of success for change.