PHDE638 Organization Development (2 cr.)

This course focuses on applying organization development, systems thinking, framing, and organization leadership to the practice of development. This course stresses the interdependence of organizational expertise and effective leadership and the specialized skills and methodologies of development for successful fund development.
 

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

1. Assess and utilize basic principles of organization development and leadership.
2. Apply concepts of systems thinking and organizational learning.
3. Apply framing methodology to deepen understanding of complex organization dynamics, issues and identify strategic points of leverage for organizational change.
4. Evaluate and create solutions to complex organization issues.
5. Synthesize and utilize organization development concepts and methodologies within a comprehensive framework of organization leadership.