OL 508 - Organizational Development: Design, Intervention, and Evaluation

This course will examine the various processes that leaders will need to utilize to help an organization change in today’s rapidly changing global economy. This course will review historical, traditional, and future management planning processes and then examine the planning process from a strategic perspective. This course will equip students with the tools necessary so that they will be able to research and understand the elements contributing to an organization’s unique culture, including basic philosophy, value system, communication patterns and styles, and social roles. Students will learn how to develop an organization by focusing on the design, intervention, and evaluation stages of organizational development.

Credits: 3 hours