EDD856 Organizational Effectiveness (3 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): EDD809 , EDD814 , EDD821 , EDD 855   
This course examines organizational effectiveness as a systems-level design and evaluation challenge. Building on organizational development, students assess and optimize alignment among strategy, structure, culture, and performance systems. Emphasis is placed on competing values, stakeholder perspectives, and measurement frameworks. Students evaluate real-world organizations and design integrated effectiveness systems that support sustained performance.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Analyze organizations as complex systems including structure, stakeholders, and environment.

2. Apply effectiveness frameworks to assess competing definitions of organizational success.

3. Diagnose cultural and behavioral dynamics influencing organizational performance.

4. Evaluate strategic alignment among mission, strategy, structure, and culture.

5. Design integrated performance frameworks to measure and sustain organizational effectiveness.